SDL_AudioDevicePaused(3)

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version 3.4.18 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

SDL_AudioDevicePaused — bestie, this is the lil function you call when you wanna know if an audio device is paused or not. That's it, that's the whole job. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_audio.h>

bool SDL_AudioDevicePaused(SDL_AudioDeviceID devid);

one include, one function, zero drama. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so first thing first, and this is the part that trips people up: unlike in SDL2, audio devices start out in an _unpaused_ state. and honestly? that makes sense, because an app has to bind a stream before any audio will even flow at all. no stream, no sound, no pause needed. periodt. 💅

now, the tea ☕ — physical devices can NOT be paused or unpaused. only logical devices that you created through SDL_OpenAudioDevice() can be. so if you hand this function a physical device ID, or honestly just a completely invalid one, it's gonna report itself as unpaused here. not paused. unpaused. it's giving "nothing to see here." 🙈

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

  • devid — a device opened by SDL_OpenAudioDevice(). that's the only kind of device that's gonna give you real answers, iykyk. 🫶

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

returns true if the device is valid and paused, and false otherwise. that's the whole vibe check. 🌈

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

it is safe to call this function from any thread. go off, main character energy, no locks required. 👑

🌟 AVAILABILITY 🌟

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, bestie, this one's not in your toolbox yet. 💜

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the pause and resume girlies, obviously. they're the ones actually doing the pausing, this function just tells you what's up. 💖

and that's the whole page, no cap! ✨ this lil masterpiece lives in the Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18 edition, dated SDL_AudioDevicePaused(3). go pause something (logically, bestie, only logical devices) 🎀💅🦋

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