al_load_sample_f(3)

💖 al_load_sample_f(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API — specifically the al_load_sample_f page from the Allegro reference manual, and yes we're gonna get into it 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, the literal blueprint, no notes:

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

ALLEGRO_SAMPLE *al_load_sample_f(ALLEGRO_FILE* fp, const char *ident)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So what does it do? It loads an audio file out of an ALLEGRO_FILE(3) stream and drops it straight into an ALLEGRO_SAMPLE(3). slay 💅

And how does it know what kind of file it's dealing with? That's the ident parameter's whole job — it's a file name extension including the leading dot. so like .wav, that vibe. iykyk 🦋

⚠️ real talk though: this thing stores the entire file in memory at once, which may be time consuming. like, it's giving "commitment issues but in reverse" 😭 so if you'd rather read the file as it is needed, go use al_load_audio_stream_f(3) or al_play_audio_stream_f(3) instead. those ones ate. 🔥

Returns the sample on success, and NULL on failure. and good news — the file remains open afterwards. 🫶

💀 Note: the allegro_audio library does not support any audio file formats by default. not one. so you literally must use the allegro_acodec addon, or register your own format handler. no cap, there is no third option. 🧚

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_register_sample_loader_f(3)
• al_init_acodec_addon(3)

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 💜 this was the Allegro reference manual's al_load_sample_f(3) page — go forth and load some samples, you absolute icon 🌈⭐