SDL_PauseAudioStreamDevice(3)

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

💖 SDL_PauseAudioStreamDevice 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is a SDL3 FUNCTIONS banger and it's literally just "make the noise stop" but, like, the polite way. it's SDL_PauseAudioStreamDevice(3) and she is lowkey iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_PauseAudioStreamDevice — the function you call to pause audio playback on the audio device that's associated with an audio stream. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_audio.h>

bool SDL_PauseAudioStreamDevice(SDL_AudioStream *stream);

look at her. one header, one function, one pointer, one bool. so clean. so demure. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what's actually happening here? this function pauses audio processing for a given device. any bound audio streams are not gonna progress, and no audio will be generated. like, zero. silence. nada. 🔇

but — and this is the important part, don't skip it — pausing one device does not prevent other unpaused devices from running. they're all just out here living their lives, unbothered. main character energy for real. 👑

and why would you even wanna do this? because pausing a device is genuinely useful when you want to halt all the audio without going through the whole ordeal of unbinding every single audio stream. think: game is paused, a level is loading, whatever. instead of ripping all your streams apart, you just... pause. chef's kiss. 😌✨

✨ FUNCTION PARAMETERS ✨

  • stream — the audio stream that's associated with the audio device you wanna pause. hand her over, she's going to sleep. 😴

✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

returns true on success or false on failure. and if it fails, bestie, do not just sit there guessing — call SDL_GetError() for more information. she will tell you what went wrong. 🫶

✨ THREAD SAFETY ✨

it is safe to call this function from any thread. yes, any. go off, multithreaded queen. 🔥

✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older... ma'am. upgrade. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

no cap: if you pause it, you're gonna need the resume function eventually. don't leave your audio hanging. 🍓

and that's the tea, bestie 🧚💜 this lil page came to you from the good people at Simple Directmedia Layer, running the SDL 3.4.18 era, and yes it's still rocking the SDL_PauseAudioStreamDevice(3) name. stan. ✨🌈👑

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