joal vs Java Sound

[igorbuzz]

Hi,
I need to choose sound API for my game, should I choose joal or something else.

By now I used AudioClip.play() for playing sounds but it's performance is poor, it consumes to much of procesor time. Is joal better?

[Bombadil]

Interesting question because I've asked (to myself) the same...

Since high profile games like Unreal Tournament 2003 and Jedi Outcast use OpenAL I think OpenAL (and hence JOAL) is good.

However, let's wait what the Java experts say... :-)

[igorbuzz]

Yes, except this question I have another one:
If I choose to use joal, how stabile is it, is it mature enough to use it in game developement?

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[Matzon]

Well, the OpenAL binding in LWJGL (http://lwjgl.org) works fine for commercial games, so I think that JOAL would too...

[deepFlame]

I would not count on it.
There was a thread  some time ago that said, that JOAL had a problem with (don't know any more, sorry) that LWJGL didn't. In my opinion LWJGL is more evolved and stable.