MIX_PauseTrack(3)

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version 3.2.4 · 2 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

MIX_PauseTrack — bestie, this is the one that hits pause on a track that's currently playing. Like, mid-vibe freeze. ⏸️✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h>

bool MIX_PauseTrack(MIX_Track *track);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea: a paused track is not considered "stopped," okay?? Which means its MIX_TrackStoppedCallback will not fire if you pause it. No callback, no drama. 🚫📞

But also — and this is the important part — by default it just… doesn't move. It won't change state, it won't generate audio, it won't make progress in any way, shape, or form. It is frozen. Like that one friend who says "brb" and disappears for three hours. 🧊💀 Until it gets resumed, it's just vibing in stasis.

It is totally legal to pause a track that's in any state, bestie: playing, already paused, or stopped. All three? Allowed. No judgement here. 🫶

But lowkey — unless the track is currently playing, pausing literally does nothing, and it returns true anyway. It's giving "thanks for trying, slay, but no notes." ✨ And a false return? That's only for actual errors. Like MIX_Init not being called, or track being NULL. That's the only time you get a false back.

Ngl if you get false, something is genuinely wrong. Don't ignore it, bestie. 😭

🌸 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🌸

  • track — the track you wanna pause. That's it. That's the whole thing. 🎯

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

Returns true if the track has paused, and false on error. If you got an error (rude), call SDL_GetError() for the details — it'll tell you exactly what went wrong, no cap. 🔍

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread. Go wild, gorl. Multi-threaded pausing is not only allowed, it's iconic. 👑

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function has been available since SDL_mixer 3.0.0. So if you're on anything older… we don't know her. 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • MIX_ResumeTrack(3) — for when you're done being dramatic and want your audio back. ▶️💖

That's the whole page, periodt. 💜 This cutie lives in SDL_mixer 3.2.4 under the SDL_mixer3 FUNCTIONS manual — go forth and pause responsibly, bestie. 🎀🌈⭐

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