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MIX_GetAudioFormat(3) SDL_mixer3 FUNCTIONS MIX_GetAudioFormat(3)

NAME

MIX_GetAudioFormat - Query the initial audio format of a MIX_Audio .

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h"
bool MIX_GetAudioFormat(MIX_Audio *audio, SDL_AudioSpec *spec);

DESCRIPTION

Note that some audio files can change format in the middle; some explicitly support this, but a more common example is two MP3 files concatenated together. In many cases, SDL_mixer will correctly handle these sort of files, but this function will only report the initial format a file uses.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

the audio to query.
on success, audio format details will be stored here.

RETURN VALUE

Returns true on success or false on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

THREAD SAFETY

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL_mixer 3.0.0.

SDL_mixer 3.1.0 SDL_mixer