node-sdlmixer

This node addon was originally started due the "Low-Latency Cross-Platform Audio Playback" thread on the node mailinglist at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/5b62789562697956

Requirements for compilation:

• node
• node-waf
• SDL-dev
• SDL_mixer-dev

tested on ubuntu 11.04 (64bit) with:

• installing nodejs
• sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev
• sudo apt-get install libsdlmixer1.2-dev

tested on osx 10.6.7 + brew

• install nodejs
• brew install sdl
• brew install sdl_mixer

Install with npm

npm install sdlmixer

Simple usage example

$ node
> var p = require("sdlmixer");
Opened audio at 22050 Hz 16 bit stereo
numChannels[32]
> p.play("github/node-sdlmixer/wavs/alarm.wav");
Loading github/node-sdlmixer/wavs/alarm.wav
'github/node-sdlmixer/wavs/alarm.wav'
> Playing on channel[1]
Done