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.TH MIX_GetAudioDecoderFormat 3 "SDL_mixer 3.2.4" "SDL_mixer" "SDL_mixer3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
MIX_GetAudioDecoderFormat \- Query the initial audio format of a
.BR MIX_AudioDecoder \[char46]

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <SDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h>
.PP
.BI "bool MIX_GetAudioDecoderFormat(MIX_AudioDecoder *audiodecoder, SDL_AudioSpec *spec);
.fi
.SH 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\[char46] In many cases, SDL_mixer will correctly handle these sort of files, but this function will only report the initial format a file uses\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I audiodecoder
the audio decoder to query\[char46]
.TP
.I spec
on success, audio format details will be stored here\[char46]
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns true on success or false on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information\[char46]

.SH THREAD SAFETY
It is safe to call this function from any thread\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL_mixer 3\[char46]0\[char46]0\[char46]