Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] SDL Mixer and libmodplug (was Preparation of Release 2.22 (Testing #2))

[Tony Theodore]

On 24/04/2012, at 4:06 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> On 23/04/12 15:27, Tony Theodore wrote:
>> 
>> On 01/04/2012, at 6:29 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>>> 
>>> Btw, the recommended MOD backend is modplug, not mikmod:
>>> 
>>>  --disable-music-mod \
>>>  --enable-music-mod-modplug
>>> 
>>> mikmod has some bugs and doesn't support as much formats as modplug.
>> 
>> Hi Nikos,
>> 
>> I'm guessing you're referring to SDL Mixer here? Does the recent release of 
>> mikmod (after several years) change much?
> 
> Nope.  An annoying bug with Mikmod is that it overrides the volume level set 
> by SDL_mixer if the module that's currently playing has volume changes 
> embedded in it (mostly fade-in/fade-out).  SDL_mixer upstream knows about it, 
> but it cannot be fixed (we tried.)  And the better sound quality and more 
> supported formats of modplug make it the preferable choice.

Okay, I've switched it over to libmodplug:

https://github.com/mxe/mxe/commit/2e14768ff2931730f1e84eff1ee5a5ee28b44235

Thanks,

Tony