SDL 2.0.6 released!

[slouken]

Thanks to all the people who contributed code and feedback, SDL 2.0.6 is
now available!
http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php

In addition to lots of bug fixes and build improvements, here are the major
changes in this release:

General:

• Added cross-platform Vulkan graphics support in SDL_vulkan.h
  SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary()
  SDL_Vulkan_GetVkGetInstanceProcAddr()
  SDL_Vulkan_GetInstanceExtensions()
  SDL_Vulkan_CreateSurface()
  SDL_Vulkan_GetDrawableSize()
  SDL_Vulkan_UnloadLibrary()
  This is all the platform-specific code you need to bring up Vulkan on all SDL platforms. You can look at an example in test/testvulkan.c
• Added SDL_ComposeCustomBlendMode() to create custom blend modes for 2D rendering
• Added SDL_HasNEON() which returns whether the CPU has NEON instruction support
• Added support for many game controllers, including the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
• Added support for inverted axes and separate axis directions in game controller mappings
• Added functions to return information about a joystick before it’s opened:
  SDL_JoystickGetDeviceVendor()
  SDL_JoystickGetDeviceProduct()
  SDL_JoystickGetDeviceProductVersion()
  SDL_JoystickGetDeviceType()
  SDL_JoystickGetDeviceInstanceID()
• Added functions to return information about an open joystick:
  SDL_JoystickGetVendor()
  SDL_JoystickGetProduct()
  SDL_JoystickGetProductVersion()
  SDL_JoystickGetType()
  SDL_JoystickGetAxisInitialState()
• Added functions to return information about an open game controller:
  SDL_GameControllerGetVendor()
  SDL_GameControllerGetProduct()
  SDL_GameControllerGetProductVersion()
• Added SDL_GameControllerNumMappings() and SDL_GameControllerMappingForIndex() to be able to enumerate the built-in game controller mappings
• Added SDL_LoadFile() and SDL_LoadFile_RW() to load a file into memory
• Added SDL_DuplicateSurface() to make a copy of a surface
• Added an experimental JACK audio driver
• Implemented non-power-of-two audio resampling, optionally using libsamplerate to perform the resampling
• Added the hint SDL_HINT_AUDIO_RESAMPLING_MODE to control the quality of resampling
• Added the hint SDL_HINT_RENDER_LOGICAL_SIZE_MODE to control the scaling policy for SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize():
  “0” or “letterbox” - Uses letterbox/sidebars to fit the entire rendering on screen (the default)
  “1” or “overscan” - Will zoom the rendering so it fills the entire screen, allowing edges to be drawn offscreen
• Added the hints SDL_HINT_MOUSE_NORMAL_SPEED_SCALE and SDL_HINT_MOUSE_RELATIVE_SPEED_SCALE to scale the mouse speed when being read from raw mouse input
• Added the hint SDL_HINT_TOUCH_MOUSE_EVENTS to control whether SDL will synthesize mouse events from touch events

Windows:

• The new default audio driver on Windows is WASAPI and supports hot-plugging devices and changing the default audio device
• The old XAudio2 audio driver is deprecated and will be removed in the next release
• Added hints SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_INTRESOURCE_ICON and SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_INTRESOURCE_ICON_SMALL to specify a custom icon resource ID for SDL windows
• The hint SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_DISABLE_THREAD_NAMING is now on by default for compatibility with .NET languages and various Windows debuggers
• Updated the GUID format for game controller mappings, older mappings will be automatically converted on load
• Implemented the SDL_WINDOW_ALWAYS_ON_TOP flag on Windows

Linux:

• Added an experimental KMS/DRM video driver for embedded development

Enjoy!

[icculus]

[AntTheAlchemist]

I’m getting no sound: “Unsupported audio format”. Before, I was getting sound, but no music from MODPLUG. If the new DLL gets pushed through Steam, my game will break. 2.0.5 works no problem.

[bradharding]

Unfortunately I’m getting this as well. 2.0.5 works without issue. Is a new SDL_Mixer to be released?

[slouken]

Can you guys rebuild SDL_mixer with this patch and see if that works?

SDL_mixer: changeset 737:d3fa63933df2

[bradharding]

Thanks for looking into this. Unfortunately, this didn’t fix the issue. I still get “Unsupported audio format” when using Mix_SetPanning().

Correction, Mix_SetPanning() returns fine, but still no sound.

[icculus]

If the new DLL gets pushed through Steam, my game will break.

Which game is this? I’ll grab a copy and test locally.

[AntTheAlchemist]

Which game is this? I’ll grab a copy and test locally.

It’s PowBall Renaissance. I’ve inboxed you a free Steam key.

Something odd is happening with the sound in 2.0.6: I sometimes get a blip of sound as if a sample works for a split second. And if I use my developer menu to build the game resources, the sound effects work for a while (but still no music). There is always the possibility I could be doing something wrong my end which didn’t break pre 2.0.6. I will dig deeper and see if I can recreate the problem in a minimal example.

[AntTheAlchemist]

Can you guys rebuild SDL_mixer with this patch and see if that works?
https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_mixer/rev/d3fa63933df2

I’ve never been successful in rebuilding any SDL stuff from source. I get numerous errors from make.exe that I can’t solve. I have to rely on the binaries.

[bradharding]

I’ll continue to test if I’m doing something wrong at my end as well. If it helps, my source is here.

[bradharding]

When I call Mix_OpenAudio(), I set the audio format to AUDIO_S16LSB.
Then when I call Mix_QuerySpec() it seems the audio format has been changed to AUDIO_F32LSB.

[AntTheAlchemist]

When I call Mix_OpenAudio(), I set the audio format to AUDIO_S16LSB.
Then when I call Mix_QuerySpec() it seems the audio format has been changed to AUDIO_F32LSB.

That’s to be expected. I believe the new audio device (WASAPI ) is F32 only, This is why someone thought I was getting no sound in the pre-release, because the F32 and S32 mixers weren’t implemented - which has now done. I can’t try the new SDL_mixer because I don’t know how to build them from source (I get errors when I run make). But if I’m getting a glimpse of it working, there’s something else going on.

[AntTheAlchemist]

I’ve found what’s happening. Mix_PlayMusic() is silencing all sound channels. Mix_HaltMusic() will unmute the channels so they will play normally.

This didn’t happen in the 2.0.6 pre-release - only music (using MIX_INIT_MODPLUG) stopped working, but sounds still played.

I’ve spent hours trying to build SDL_mixer from source, but I can’t do it. I get make errors. I don’t really know how to use Linux. I got as far as linking the source code into Eclipse, but I got an error something like “Mixer not built with libmod support”. Every forum I have searched has people posting about the same problem but nobody’s posted a solution. Can we have a new SDL_mixer version?

I’ve put together this test code. Pressing 1 will play the sample no problem until pressing 2 to play the mod will silence everything. Pressing 3 to halt the mod will unmute the wav.

Music is also still silent (using MIX_INIT_MODPLUG). No errors are returned, just silence. This worked in 2.0.5.

1.mod (4.3 KB)
https://discourse.libsdl.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fac4c7e4a1e2625ffb4fe586ab054c8879cb2a49.wavmain.cpp (1.8 KB)

[mogumbo]

In Win7 I’m unable to use the precompiled 64-bit 2.0.6 SDL2.dll from the dev library as a drop-in replacement for the 64-bit 2.0.5 dll in a game I’m working on. Upon running the game Win7 tells me my exe has stopped working and Windows is checking for a solution. If I’m remembering things correctly, binary compatibility is so good with SDL that’s supposed to work, isn’t it?

For comparison, I copied the whole install directory to Win8 and it worked with either dll. In a different 32-bit project I was able to replace a SDL2.dll from around 2013 with both the 2.0.5 and 2.0.6 precompiled dlls. And of course I haven’t had any problems on Linux yet.

[ChliHug]

If I’m remembering things correctly, binary compatibility is so good with SDL that’s supposed to work, isn’t it?

Indeed it should. The only issue I can currently think of is if you’re using the opengl renderer and Windows drops back to the OpenGL 1.1 software renderer and SDL accesses a NULL pointer. This should be rare as the direct3d renderer is usually preferred on Windows.

I know the dev package doesn’t have the debugging infos in it, but a debugger should at least be able to tell us in which symbol it explodes. Can you check that?

@icculus, @slouken: I just noticed that SDL2-devel-2.0.6-VC.zip has the GCC DLLs in it. Is this intentional?

[mogumbo]

Indeed it should.

Thanks for verifying, ChliHug. It is indeed an OpenGL game. I don’t have a debugger installed yet since I compiled with Microsoft Build Tools. But I got it to run once tonight with horrible flickering triangles everywhere. My money says it’s a graphics driver bug. I’ll keep digging…

[Pseudodog]

Hi! I’m getting “warning incorrect audio” with mp3 files (SDL 2.0.6 and latest old mixer 2.0.1). Moreother, even if I have .wav files loaded correctly - they wouldn’t play because of error. Did anybody solved old mixer issue or rebuild new dll from Mercurial to get it work?

[theweirdn8]

Nice I can’t wait to update it.

[AntTheAlchemist]

Does this fix it for you?

SDL_setenv("SDL_AUDIODRIVER", "directsound", true);

[bradharding]

Yes it does, thank you! However, I’ve had to increase the sound buffer x3 to get it then stop crashing, and I get a popping sound after each sound (https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3851). I think I’ll just stick with 2.0.5 for now…