ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE(3)

okay bestie, welcome to ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE(3) from the Library Functions Manual — this page is Allegro 5 API business, specifically the playback-mode enum, and yes we're gonna make it cute 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE — Allegro 5 API, that's the name, short and iconic ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

enum ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Vibe check: this enum is literally the sample + stream playback mode selector, no cap 🎧. You pick a mode, and Allegro knows how the audio should behave.

• ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE_ONCE — the sample/stream is played from start to finish an then it stops. One pass, done, bye 💀
• ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE_LOOP — the sample/stream is played from start to finish (or between the two loop points). When it reaches the end, it restarts from the beginning. It's giving endless-loop main character energy 🔁👑
• ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE_LOOP_ONCE — just like ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE_ONCE, but respects the loop end point. Same one-shot vibe, but it actually listens to that loop end point 💅
• ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE_BIDIR — the sample is played from start to finish (or between the two loop points). When it reaches the end, it reverses the playback direction and plays until it reaches the beginning, when it reverses the direction back to normal. This mode is rarely supported for streams, so stream besties should lowkey not count on it 😭

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