al_init_acodec_addon(3)

💖 al_init_acodec_addon(3) 💖

from the Library Functions Manual — Allegro 5 API bestie, we are so here for it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

al_init_acodec_addon — Allegro 5 API 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_acodec.h>

bool al_init_acodec_addon(void)

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so picture this: al_init_acodec_addon is the little function that registers all the known audio file type handlers for al_load_sample(3), al_save_sample(3), al_load_audio_stream(3), etc. It's giving "set up the audio codec squad" energy 🫶

Depending on what libraries are available, the full set of recognised extensions is: .wav, .flac, .ogg, .opus, .it, .mod, .s3m, .xm, .voc. No cap, that's the list 💖

🚧 Limitations 🚧

• Saving is only supported for wav files. That's it, that's the rule — wav only for saving, bestie 💀
• The wav file loader currently only supports 8/16 bit little endian PCM files. 16 bits are used when saving wav files. Use flac files if more precision is required. (So if you need more precision, flac is the main character here 👑)
• Module files (.it, .mod, .s3m, .xm) are often composed with streaming in mind, and sometimes cannot be easily rendered into a finite length sample. Therefore they cannot be loaded with al_load_sample(3)/al_load_sample_f(3) and must be streamed with al_load_audio_stream(3) or al_load_audio_stream_f(3). That's not a vibe you can just sample-load, okay? It's a streaming situation 🌊
• .voc file streaming is unimplemented. Yep. Not implemented. We don't make the rules 🙈

Return true on success. periodt ✅

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