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<h1><a name="BeOS specifics">BeOS specifics</a></h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="#DIGI_*/BeOS">DIGI_*/BeOS</a> — Supported BeOS digital sound drivers.
<li><a href="#GFX_*/BeOS">GFX_*/BeOS</a> — Supported BeOS graphic drivers.
<li><a href="#MIDI_*/BeOS">MIDI_*/BeOS</a> — Supported BeOS MIDI sound drivers.
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<p>
In terms of file redistribution, the BeOS platform behaves practically the
same as the DOS platform. Read section chapter "Dos specifics" in the manual
to learn more about this.
<p><br>
<div class="al-api"><b>Drivers <a name="GFX_*/BeOS">GFX_*/BeOS</a></b></div><br>
BeOS Allegro supports the following card parameters for the
set_gfx_mode() function:
<ul><li>
GFX_TEXT<br>
This closes any graphics mode previously opened with set_gfx_mode.
<li>
GFX_AUTODETECT<br>
Let Allegro pick an appropriate graphics driver.
<li>
GFX_AUTODETECT_FULLSCREEN<br>
Autodetects a graphics driver, but will only use fullscreen drivers,
failing if these are not available on current platform.
<li>
GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED<br>
Same as above, but uses only windowed drivers.
<li>
GFX_SAFE<br>
Special driver for when you want to reliably set a graphics mode and
don't really care what resolution. See the set_gfx_mode()
documentation for details.
<li>
GFX_BWINDOWSCREEN_ACCEL<br>
Fullscreen exclusive mode. Supports only resolutions higher or equal
to 640x480, and uses hardware acceleration if available.
<li>
GFX_BWINDOWSCREEN<br>
Works the same as GFX_BWINDOWSCREEN_ACCEL, but disables acceleration.
<li>
GFX_BDIRECTWINDOW<br>
Fast windowed mode using the BDirectWindow class. Not all graphics
cards support this.
<li>
GFX_BWINDOW<br>
Normal windowed mode using the BWindow class. Slow but always works.
<li>
GFX_BWINDOW_OVERLAY<br>
Fullscreen mode using BWindow with a BBitmap overlay. This mode isn't
supported by all graphics cards, only supports 15, 16 and 32-bit color
depths, but allows any fullscreen resolution, even low ones that are
normally unavailable under BeOS.
</ul>
<blockquote class="xref"><em><b>See also:</b></em>
<a class="xref" href="alleg008.html#set_gfx_mode" title="Sets a graphic video mode.">set_gfx_mode</a>.</blockquote>
<div class="al-api"><b>Drivers <a name="DIGI_*/BeOS">DIGI_*/BeOS</a></b></div><br>
The BeOS sound functions support the following digital sound cards:
<blockquote class="text"><pre>
DIGI_AUTODETECT - let Allegro pick a digital sound driver
DIGI_NONE - no digital sound
DIGI_BEOS - BeOS digital output</pre></blockquote>
<blockquote class="xref"><em><b>See also:</b></em>
<a class="xref" href="alleg024.html#detect_digi_driver" title="Detects whether the specified digital sound device is available.">detect_digi_driver</a>,
<a class="xref" href="alleg024.html#install_sound" title="Initialises the sound module.">install_sound</a>,
<a class="xref" href="alleg029.html#install_sound_input" title="Initialises the sound recorder module.">install_sound_input</a>.</blockquote>
<div class="al-api"><b>Drivers <a name="MIDI_*/BeOS">MIDI_*/BeOS</a></b></div><br>
The BeOS sound functions support the following MIDI sound cards:
<blockquote class="text"><pre>
MIDI_AUTODETECT - let Allegro pick a MIDI sound driver
MIDI_NONE - no MIDI sound
MIDI_BEOS - BeOS MIDI output
MIDI_DIGMID - sample-based software wavetable player
</pre></blockquote>
<blockquote class="xref"><em><b>See also:</b></em>
<a class="xref" href="alleg024.html#detect_midi_driver" title="Detects whether the specified MIDI sound device is available.">detect_midi_driver</a>,
<a class="xref" href="alleg024.html#install_sound" title="Initialises the sound module.">install_sound</a>,
<a class="xref" href="alleg029.html#install_sound_input" title="Initialises the sound recorder module.">install_sound_input</a>.</blockquote>
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