Chained audio sources

[_ex_]

Hello,

I was trying to implement a custom loop for playing background music.
I wanted to loop only on some section of my music track, so the initial part doesn't loop.
I think there is no support for this in the engine, isn't it?
So I was reading the OpenAL implementation to see if I get a clue how to do this, but it seems that there are some issues I was not aware both with the OGG and OpenAL support for quick seeking and callbacks (they don't support it).
However I found that OpenAL can chain sources for continuous playback. Has somebody tried to do this?

cheers

[The Burrito]

You can use audacity or something to break the files up, load them all, and play the first one (looping off)
Then check each frame if songpart1:isStopped() then start playing the next one.
It's kind of ugly but as long as your FPS stays pretty high you shouldn't notice the track switch. I did a quick test where it broke in the middle of vocals in a song and I couldn't hear the break.

I'd like to see a callback for playback ended actually, it would make audio management a lot cleaner.

[Ruirize]

+1. Excellent idea.

[_ex_]

I'd like to see a callback for playback ended actually, it would make audio management a lot cleaner.

thanks Burrito, I was planning to do that in the worst case, but having support for chained sources or callbacks would help here.