C++ and Media (namely music)

[enrui]

I wonder if Juan would do a tutorial on this, but if I wanted to play music over the top of the program running. (the media being inside the program much like a game) Where do I need to look for hints?

[Seraphimsan]

if you're running Windows and using the Visual Studio developer sweet, you have the option of directSound as a means of inserting audio. I've never done much with it my self so I can't be much more help than that.

If it is the case, google directSound tutorial.

[enrui]

Ah linux and gedit I'm afraid. (Compiling with g++).

[Seraphimsan]

hmm...I've never done any media programming in linux, soo I can't be of any help at all, sorry

[Disch]

If this is for a game, many gaming libs have audio APIs.

SDL, for example, can easily output audio on Linux.

[enrui]

Does anything work for both?

I have a text based game that runs in the terminal at the moment.