al_identify_video(3)

💖 NAME 💖

al_identify_video — Allegro 5 API, bestie! This is the al_identify_video(3) page from the Library Functions Manual, and it's all about figuring out what kind of video file you're dealing with. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro5/allegro_video.h>

char const *al_identify_video(char const *filename)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: it works exactly like al_identify_video_f(3), no cap. The one tiny switch-up? You give it the filename of the file you want to type-detect, not a file handle. 💅

Also important: the extension — if there even is one — of the filename you pass in is not taken into account. Nope, not even a little. Only the file contents matter. The vibe check is on the contents, periodt. 🌸

⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.2.8 — yep, that's the version where this icon showed up. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_init_video_addon(3)
• al_identify_video_f(3)

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Sign-off tea 🫶: this page comes from the Allegro reference manual, and it's the al_identify_video(3) page. The original footer doesn't print a separate date, so no fake date here — just the source/manual name and page title, exactly as shown. 💜✨