IPhone sound effects

Question

I am making an opengl game for iPhone. And I'm going to start adding sound effects to the app. I wonder what is the best structure for this purpose.

Is an AV foundation the best option? Any others I skip, such as Open AL?

Answer 1

The general idea of ​​the strengths / weaknesses of the iPhone API for iPhone in terms of the game:

• AVFoundation: play long compressed files. Lack of access at a low level, high latency. Good for theme or background music. Bad for short-lived effects.
• : (, 0-5 ) . PCM IMA4 .aif,.wav .caf. Fire-and-forget ( , ). API C. (, , , ).
• OpenAL: . API OpenGL . . PCM (, Core Audio " " ). . .
• : , ( , , ..). C-. . : AVFoundation, OpenAL Audio Units. .
• : Core Audio. (< 30 ). C C. PCM. . .

, - , , , , (/ iPod , / / ...). AV Foundation Obj-C, Core Audio .

Answer 2

Kowalski - , iPhone/iPad ( OSX Windows).

Answer 3

You might want to check out Finch , OpenAL's autoplay engine, specifically for games.