list_audio_inputs(3)

💖 list_audio_inputs(3) — Arcan Lua API 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Arcan Lua API manual 🫶 this one’s about list_audio_inputs(3), and it’s literally here to help you get a list of the audio input devices that are available ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

list_audio_inputs — retrieve a list of available audio input devices 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ainptbl
list_audio_inputs()

So the synopsis says the return situation is ainptbl, and the call is exactly list_audio_inputs() — no extra arguments, no secret handshake, periodt 🎀

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🦋 EXAMPLE 🦋

okay so here’s the example, copied exactly because we do not play around with code 💅

       function list_audio_inputs0()
             print("begin list of audio devices");
             for i,v in ipairs(list_audio_inputs()) do
                   print(v);
             end
             print("end of list of audio devices");
       end

It prints a beginning line, loops through list_audio_inputs() with ipairs, prints each v, then prints an ending line — iconic, useful, and lowkey very readable 💖

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🔎 SEE ALSO: 🔎

• capture_audio(3) — go check that one out too, bestie 👑

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stay hydrated, keep your audio inputs listed, and mwah 💋 — this little page comes from the audio source/version, dated October 2026 🎀✨