al_identify_sample(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay bestie, welcome to al_identify_sample(3) from the Library Functions Manual — this is the Allegro 5 API, and she's here to help you detect a file's type from its contents ✨💅

al_identify_sample — the Allegro 5 API function that tells you what kind of file you're dealing with 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

char const *al_identify_sample(char const *filename)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this one works exactly like al_identify_sample_f(3), no cap — except instead of passing a file handle, you pass the filename of the file whose type you want to detect 💖

And listen: the extension, if there even is one, of the filename you pass in is not taken into account. Not even a little. It's only looking at the file contents, periodt 🔥

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🌸 SINCE 🌸

5.2.8 — she's been iconic since then 🎀✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_init_acodec_addon(3) — go check this bestie too 💅
• al_identify_sample_f(3) — the file-handle twin, iykyk 🫶
• al_register_sample_identifier(3) — another one for your reading list 💖

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