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[TheGrandHero]

I'm currently using the OpenTK library to access OpenGL and OpenAL in C#. Since I'm not using .NET/XNA (in order to port to Linux and Mac later), I'm having a bit of a setback when it comes to audio. I have .wav playback up and running, but that's raw PCM data that took maybe ten minutes to code a loader for, and to use that for my game's soundtrack would result in a huge waste of disk space.

Is there any stable C# library for .ogg playback, or at least decoding? The best I've come across thus far is DragonOgg, but after a week or so of tinkering I haven't had much use with it. Playback adds a lot of noise in the background that isn't there when playing the .ogg files elsewhere, seeking within the file (to loop back to the beginning a song, for example) seems buggy, it's not well documented, and on top of all that it hasn't been touched by the developers in almost two years.

Failing a full playback library, is there at least any basic binding of libvorbis to C#? My gut instinct (and Google) are both saying "no". Alternate formats/solutions are welcome.

[zalzane]

couldnt you just use monogame to play it?

[TheGrandHero]

I'm using OpenTK directly without going through MonoGame. And as far as I'm aware, MonoGame does not have a specific go-to audio solution. Some games ported from XNA appear to just make do with .wav files for their soundtrack.

[Zaknafein]

I'm in the same situation, but I've been told to look into NAudio. I'm doing that right now, so I'll let you know how that went.

http://naudio.codeplex.com/releases/view/79035

[TheGrandHero]

Looks promising, but as far as I can see it only works under .NET, so I'm not sure how much use it would be for my project.

[Zaknafein]

Ah, this could be a dealbraker for me too. Should've looked more carefully. :/

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

I'm using OpenTK for OpenGL and fmodex is working wonderfully for sound playback with .ogg vorbis andI believe it also runs on linux (its multiplatform, right) but this depends on if you're choosing to make a hobby or commercial game

[TheGrandHero]

Ah, this could be a dealbraker for me too. Should've looked more carefully. :/

Looking at the NVorbis sister project, though, it looks like it outputs raw buffer data. Recompiling the library under Mono and then feeding this to OpenAL instead of NAudio might be possible.

One of the suggested features of NVorbis is Mono support, and the project is still under actual development (unlike DragonOGG) so this might actually be what I'm looking for. Maybe.

I'm using OpenTK for OpenGL and fmodex is working wonderfully for sound playback with .ogg vorbis andI believe it also runs on linux (its multiplatform, right) but this depends on if you're choosing to make a hobby or commercial game

It's a commercial game, but I don't see it making enough to justify a $500 license. I've already spent more than I was planning to get this project polished and done, so FMOD Ex isn't an option I feel is on the table. Not for this game, at least.

[Zaknafein]

Just so you know, I implemented streaming from an .ogg file using OpenAL/OpenTK and NVorbis, works great! Only tested on Windows, but I don't see why it wouldn't work elsewhere.

[TheGrandHero]

Okay, thanks for the heads up! I'll probably fiddle with it sometime today. Might even try and get it running under Linux just to see if it works. If nothing else, the fact that it's actually still being worked on is a good sign.

[Zaknafein]

I wrote about and released the code I used to do that : http://theinstructionlimit.com/ogg-streaming-using-opentk-and-nvorbis

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

(adding this thread to my bookmarks)

[TheGrandHero]

I noticed your fork of NVorbis this morning, Zaknafein. I'd gotten streaming to the buffers down just fine, but the output was partially garbled. Seeing how you converted the decoded PCM data from a float array to a short array was just what I needed to get it to actually come out right. Testing with the same .ogg files I tried under DragonOGG was successful; the faint trailing white noise from DragonOGG was eliminated and the audio was nice and crisp.

Thanks for pointing me to NAudio, by the way. Like I mentioned in my opening post, countless Google searches turned up nothing and I never would have stumbled onto NVorbis without glancing at the NAudio project page.

[rivon]

irrKlang can be used from C#.

[TheGrandHero]

Not quite what I, personally, am looking for, but for others who need decent access to audio irrKlang looks like a pretty good deal for a commercial library.