[ALL VERSIONS] OpenAL-soft library work wrong in SailfishOS

REPRODUCIBILITY (% or how often): 100%
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HARDWARE (XA2, Xperia 10…): ANY
UI LANGUAGE: ANY
REGRESSION: (compared to previous public release: Yes, No, ?): No

DESCRIPTION:

I have port some projects, which use OpenAL-spft as audio library. But in sailfish os, for right sound output we must use only PulseAudio, or you cant change sound volume of your application inside SailfishOS (it just ignore it, and pay on full sound volume)

PRECONDITIONS:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. build your own openal apptlication
  2. play any sound in your application
  3. try change sound volume in system

EXPECTED RESULT:

should change sound of your application

ACTUAL RESULT:

application still play on maximum sound

WHAT NEED TO DO:

Just need build openal with disabled any backend, only with pulseaudio backend, with

cmake \
    -DALSOFT_REQUIRE_PULSEAUDIO=ON \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_ALSA=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_ALSA=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_SOLARIS=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_SNDIO=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_PORTAUDIO=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_JACK=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_COREAUDIO=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_OPENSL=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_OBOE=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_OSS=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_REQUIRE_SDL2=OFF \
    -DALSOFT_BACKEND_SDL2=OFF \ 
    -DALSOFT_EXAMPLES=OFF \

with this cmake options, openal now work properly in SailfishOS, and use global sound volume settings.
i was test it with allready exists applictions, sound work properly. (love2d engine games, like ClockWind )
This bug was in TuxRacer. (it use SDL sound, and it too work not properly, eems SDL2 too has wrong.backend (not.pulseaudio).)
In Quake 2 build, i was use compiled static SDL2 (with sdl audio), and it work properly, bacuse support only pulseaudio as backend.

P.S.
i cant login to git.sailfishos.org, a cant make MR to https://git.sailfishos.org/mer-core/libopenal

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@sashikknox To get an account on http://git.sailfishos.org/ please contact lbt or sage on #sailfishos on freenode IRC.

I can confirm this worked on my ported device (Galaxy Note N7000)!

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looks like in next release all sound bugs should be fixed?


in 4.1.0.24 - BUG FIXED ! ))

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