Gksound
Functions ot control audio playback. Audio files read from disk must be in ogg vorbis format.
Functions
GKPlaylist
Definition:
GKPlaylist(string playlist) -> nil
Description:
Play playlist file as background music.
Arguments:
playlist filename playlist file
Returns:
Example:
GKPlayMusic
Definition:
GKPlayMusic(string audiofile) -> nil
Description:
Playback the provided file as background music in a loop
Arguments:
audiofile filename of an audiofile
Returns:
Example:
GKLoadSound
Definition:
GKLoadSound() -> boolean
Description:
Load an audio file and assign it to a sound effect name to be played by GKPlaySound.
Files supported: wav, ogg, raw.
When loading raw files, be sure to specify valid channel size and count.
Arguments:
table:
{
soundname = "soundeffect",
filename = "filename",
samplerate = 44100, -- optional, defaults to 44100 KHz
preload = boolean, -- optional, defaults to true, defines whether to load immediately or load when first played
stream = boolean, -- optional, defaults to false. defines whether to load entire file or stream.
channels = 2, -- optional, defaults to whatever is in the file. needed for raw files.
biasdist = 3000, -- optional, defaults to 3000, attenuates to 0 volume when this far from the listener when played as a 3D sound.
width = 0, -- optional, defaults to 0 which means to use whatever the file specifies. Otherwise either 8 or 16. defines how big each channel is.
loop = nil, -- optiona, defaults to no loop. defined loop point in number of samples. the sound will play the entire sound and then loop back to the loop point over and over forever until it is stopped, which you can't stop right now, heh, so use at your own risk.
}
Returns:
boolean true if load succeeded, false if load failed.
Example:
gksound.GKLoadSound{soundname='fart',filename='sound/warp_1.ogg'}
GKPlaySound
Definition:
GKPlaySound(string soundeffect, float volume) -> nil
Description:
Playback a soundeffect at the given volume
Arguments:
soundeffect name of a soundeffect
volume playback volume (0-1)
Returns:
Example:
GKPlaySound("explosion", 0.5) -> nil
play explosion sound effect at half volume
GKStopMusic
Definition:
GKStopMusic() -> nil
Description:
Stop playing background music
Arguments:
Returns:
Example:
