SDL_AudioStreamDevicePaused(3)

💖 SDL_AudioStreamDevicePaused(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual, and today we're checking in on an audio device like the nosy supportive friend we are 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_AudioStreamDevicePaused — use this function to query if an audio device associated with a stream is paused.

like. is it napping. is it awake. we're finding out 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_audio.h>

bool SDL_AudioStreamDevicePaused(SDL_AudioStream *stream);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the tea: unlike in SDL2, audio devices start in an unpaused state. Why? Because an app has to bind a stream before any audio will actually flow. no stream bound, no vibes coming out, periodt. 🔥

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🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

• stream — the audio stream associated with the audio device you wanna query. that's the one we're checking on 💜

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns true if the device is valid and paused, false otherwise.

so basically: true = it's paused and everything's chill, false = either it's not paused or the device isn't valid, iykyk 😭

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread. go off, multithreaded queen 👑

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. iconic behavior fr fr ✨

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• SDL_PauseAudioStreamDevice(3)
• SDL_ResumeAudioStreamDevice(3)

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lowkey the whole pause/resume trio is a package deal, go read the other two bestie 🎀

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and that's the whole page!! brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, drink some water, bind your streams, and I'll see you in the next manpage 💖💅🦋