Audio backends for PipeWire, PulseAudio, ALSA, WASAPI, OpenSL, CoreAudio, OSS, JACK, DirectSound, WinMM, Solaris, SoundIO, PortAudio, SDL2, 'Null' Output, and a.
This library is multi-platform, with support for Linux, Windows, Android, OS X, iOS, and more. You can ask for help in IRC, #openal on (see and for more information on libera.chat and connecting to it). There is also an issue tracker on the GitHub repository, if you wish to report a bug or make a feature request. If you need support, feel free to send a message to the OpenAL mailing list: It also facilitates streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio capture. More advanced effects, including air absorption, occlusion, and environmental reverb, are available through the EFX extension. Distance attenuation, doppler shift, and directional sound emitters are among the features handled by the API. OpenAL provides capabilities for playing audio in a virtual 3D environment.
OpenAL Soft is an LGPL-licensed, cross-platform, software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. OpenAL Soft - Software 3D Audio OpenAL Soft
