Back about a month ago I was asking about sound support for Linux and was pointed towards libsndfile. Turned out that libsndfile had a new version out and the headers are completely different.

Someone - I don't remember who - said that he was going to try and convert the headers for the new version.

Any progress?

I just finished check printing support for CheckBook Tracker and am working on split transactions and category management, but I'd like to go ahead and add sound support. It just doesn't feel right without that satisfying "click" when you enter a new transaction. I've looked at the C headers, but I just can't read that stuff...

Thanks,

Tony

I can't "read" it because C is inherently unreadable ;), but I can usually decipher it..

I have translated the libesd sound header(esd.h) if you want to try that instead(esd is is Esound, the library used by GNOME for sound). they should work with at least >=2.23, and probably earlier though I have not had a chance to test. And if you look at the libsnd header, it looks like they did almost a straight port using h2pas, aka minimal work, maybe just a little cleanup to make it more pascal like. So while I do not know what the version problem is, it would be easy to make an updated version, if I had copy of both the new and old version for reference.

I would suggest however you try libesd first, as it is very easy to use, and means you are not limited to using the sound system directly, and it works on more platforms than Lazarus. Yes it means another dependency for your program, but you can always
put your sound support into a dynamically linked dll, thus allowing you to gracefully continue without sound, even if the dll fails to load.

Andrew

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I'll agree about C - that's my problem too! ;-)

I'll give the libesd a shot. Thanks!

BTW The version problem is that sndfile changed the parameters for the very basic play functions completely (requires an extra one) - and apparently some constants as well - between versions.

Thanks,
Tony

There is some trailing garbadge on your msgs lately. Caught a virus?