Adding support of compressed file formats?

[ETLegacyTeam]

Author: @IR4T4 (IR4T4)
Date: 2012-04-30
Redmine Issue: 34, https://dev.etlegacy.com/issues/34

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wav files are huuuuge ... implement support of Ogg/Vorbis, Matroska or other free formats ... mp3 might cause trouble because of licence issues.

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Child issue(s): #40

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Related commit(s):
0596e04 - premake: added option to use OGG Vorbis codec (--w..
26af6ec - game: playsound command from ETPub/NQ refs 34
fad2154 - client: merged and modified S_Play_f function base..
13f1030 - cgame: ET sounds are not compressed refs 34
09acb25 - ui: ET sounds are not compressed refs 34
cbad2b5 - cgame/ui: pass the compressed param for register s..
139b5af - misc: removed readline support from Lua, added OGG..
9af53da - client: ogg vorbis is armed now refs 34
ef15707 - misc: FEATURE OGG VORBIS enabled by default refs ..
e3d315b - cgame: added a warning for non wav sounds refs 34

[ETLegacyTeam]

From: @adanski (Dragonji)
Date: 2012-11-13T15:54:00Z

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There are MP3 decoders licensed under GPL:

http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/

http://www.gamedev.net/topic/328904-mp3-decoder/

[ETLegacyTeam]

From: @TheDushan (TheDushan)
Date: 2013-01-14T22:22:16Z

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OGG Vorbis is already supported inside ET:Legacy, there is no need to add another dependence library file inside project.

My two cents :)

[ETLegacyTeam]

From: @IR4T4 (IR4T4)
Date: 2013-01-15T07:54:28Z

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{TODO}

• Test OGG vorbis

sfxHandle_t trap_S_RegisterSound(const char *sample, qboolean compressed)
{
	CG_DrawInformation(qtrue);
	return syscall(CG_S_REGISTERSOUND, sample, qfalse /* compressed */);
}

• Find a way to use it (Legacy clients only - not 2.60 genuine)
  We can't change the wav sounds from maps, voice chats etc. But we may use ogg vorbis sounds in combination with the playsound cmd.

[ETLegacyTeam]

From: @IR4T4 (IR4T4)
Date: 2013-01-31T15:26:21Z

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Playsound itself has some issues see #186 - but ogg vorbis sounds are available via the /playsound command now.