MIX_GetNumAudioDecoders(3)

✨ MIX_GetNumAudioDecoders(3) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_mixer3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual 💖 this one's a lil function that lives in SDL_mixer3, and it's giving very "count my stuff for me" energy. no cap.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

MIX_GetNumAudioDecoders — reports the number of audio decoders available for use 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h>

int MIX_GetNumAudioDecoders(void);

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. no arguments, no drama 👑

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so, what even is an audio decoder? bestie, an audio decoder is the lil icon that turns specific audio file formats into usable PCM data. like, imagine there's a lil MP3 decoder doing its thing, or a WAV decoder, etc etc. and SDL_mixer probably has several decoders built in already, because of course it does 💜

the return value can be used to call MIX_GetAudioDecoder() in a loop. so you get the count, then you go shopping through them one by one. iconic behaviour honestly.

and here's the important lil fact: the number of decoders available is decided during MIX_Init() and does not change until the library is deinitialized. so don't go expecting it to shift on you mid-run, it's loyal like that 🫶

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

returns the number of decoders available. a whole number, just for you 🍓

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🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

it is safe to call this function from any thread. so go ahead, call it from all of them, it can handle the attention 💅✨

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this function is available since SDL_mixer 3.0.0. old enough to have main character energy at this point 👑

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• MIX_GetAudioDecoder(3) — the one you loop with, they're a duo fr fr 💖

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k bye, this was SDL_mixer version 3.2.4, brought to you by the fine folks behind the SDL_mixer manual, dated when it was dated 🎀✨ mwah 💋