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Bug 1356 - SDL_mixer uses SDL_MixAudio
Summary: SDL_mixer uses SDL_MixAudio
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: SDL_mixer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: misc (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Other
: P2 normal
Assignee: Ryan C. Gordon
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Reported: 2012-01-01 13:32 UTC by Dag Ågren
Modified: 2017-10-21 22:25 UTC (History)
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Description Dag Ågren 2012-01-01 13:32:14 UTC 
The function SDL_MixAudio has this note in the documentation:

Note: Do not use this function for mixing together more than two streams of sample data. The output from repeated application of this function may be distorted by clipping, because there is no accumulator with greater range than the input (not to mention this being an inefficient way of doing it). Use mixing functions from SDL_mixer, OpenAL, or write your own mixer instead.

This seems entirely reasonable. However, SDL_mixer still seems to use this function for all its mixing despite it being documented to not be suitable for this purpose (and SDL_mixer itself being recommended as an alternative!)
Comment 1 Sam Lantinga 2017-10-21 22:25:47 UTC 
Touché!