NAudio Cross Platform Support with Linux & Mac

[Kuumba123]

Is NAudio cross platform with Linux & Mac . I remember seeing some github issue for this repro a little while ago saying that anything in NAudio.Core (via the nugget package) is cross platform. However I time I try to use anything in that namespace my linux app just crashes and I haven't found any examlpes online when it comes to NAudio working on any other platforms aside windows , is it really cross platform ? Im not trying to do anything advanced quite just yet , I mainly just wanna play raw sample data and some basic volume controls. Any help would be appricated :)

[smay4finger]

However I time I try to use anything in that namespace my linux app just crashes

Is there more information available then "just crashes"?

I would also be interested in a solution for Linux.

[Kuumba123]

@smay4finger sorry guess I should have posted that first . All my code does is get the list of devices from the NAudio.Wave.DirectSound.Devices (using the NAudio.Core nugget package) :

        var devices = NAudio.Wave.DirectSoundOut.Devices;

This is the error message Im getting: Unhandled exception. System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'dsound.dll' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider using a tool like strace. If you're using glibc, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable

[moorehousew]

Late reply but @Kuumba123 DirectSound is a Windows-only API. You might have some luck running your .NET application (compiled for Windows) under Wine, otherwise it's not available on *nix.

[markheath]

Yes, it was a mistake to leave DirectSound in the NAudio.Core assembly. It should be moved out. I am in discussions with someone who has offered to contribute a Linux IWavePlayer implementation which would be a great addition to NAudio.

[lujiaxing]

Yes, it was a mistake to leave DirectSound in the NAudio.Core assembly. It should be moved out. I am in discussions with someone who has offered to contribute a Linux IWavePlayer implementation which would be a great addition to NAudio.

How is it going?

[markheath]

I believe the code has been created, but am still waiting for the pull request

[DashNY]

+1. Would love to run it on my SBC (e.g. Raspberry Pi, Odroid N2+) and play sounds / capture microphone or line input.
Is there any update on the issue? Thanks.

[markheath]

no update I'm afraid

[E-Hain]

There seem to be quite a few people interested in a Linux compatible Naudio, myself included... any progress?

[Kuumba123]

Havent had a chance to do any testing latly but last time it didnt work . From what I can tell atleast we havent really got the cross platform support features that I oringally opened this issue for.

[vchelaru]

I am also interested in this feature. For context, I develop games using MonoGame and these natively run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. I've been using NAudio to supplement the missing Song functionality in MonoGame.

I'm interested in the general philosophy regarding cross platform versions of NAudio beyond desktop platforms. Is there any possibility of supporting it on mobile (iOS and Android) or blazor for web apps?

[PlatinumLucario]

I've also opened a discussion about adding an AlsaOut(), when a NAudio.Alsa namespace is made.
#1134

[912BIT]

Any updates on the topic?

[Consumedgrub2]

Bump, there are no libraries that are open source, free and currently functional that work on Linux for dotnet. (Edit: That are audio libs)

[michaelhofer-slg]

Same here, would be greatly interested and willing to help.