SDL_GetCurrentAudioDriver(3)

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

💖 SDL_GetCurrentAudioDriver 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the man pages — this one's a lil function called SDL_GetCurrentAudioDriver, and it's genuinely so chill. sit down, sip ur boba, let's get into it 🧋✨

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetCurrentAudioDriver — get the name of the current audio driver, periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_audio.h>

const char * SDL_GetCurrentAudioDriver(void);

like, that's it. no args. no drama. no cap. 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically you call this and it hands you back the name of whatever audio driver is currently running the show. that's the whole vibe.

and the names? they're all simple, low-ASCII identifiers — think stuff like "alsa", "coreaudio", or "wasapi". adorable little lowercase words.

the way that these never have Unicode characters in them… like, not a single one. 🦋 and lowkey important: they are not meant to be proper names. so don't go putting them on a birth certificate, bestie, they're identifiers, not government names 💅

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

  • it returns the name of the current audio driver 🌈
  • or NULL if no driver has been initialized 😭

that's the whole deal. either a cute lil string or a NULL and a dream.

🫶 THREAD SAFETY 🫶

it is safe to call this function from any thread. every thread. all of them. go wild. no locking, no stress, no main character anxiety ✨

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. if ur on anything older, sorry bestie, it's giving not-there 🙈

🌟 lil recap: no arguments, returns a low-ASCII driver name or NULL, thread-safe everywhere, around since SDL 3.2.0. slay.

and that's the page!! tysm for reading, mwah 🎀

this lil cutie comes to you courtesy of Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18, and yeah — SDL_GetCurrentAudioDriver(3), iconic behavior only. byeee 💖🌸🦋

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