start_sound_input(3alleg4)

✨ start_sound_input ✨

okay so this is a page from the Allegro manual (yes, the Allegro game programming library, she's iconic) and today we're talking about start_sound_input 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

start_sound_input — bestie, she starts recording in the format you picked. Allegro game programming library energy fr fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

int start_sound_input(int rate, int bits, int stereo);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like, start_sound_input starts recording in the specified format. That's the whole vibe. 👑

But here's the tea: if your sound card is not full duplex, she will suspend audio playback as necessary. Like, she's not gonna let playback and recording fight over the aux cord — she handles it. Not me being thoughtful for once 😭

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

• If it works → she returns the buffer size in bytes ✨
• If it flops → she returns zero on error 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the girlies she runs with, aka the whole squad:

• install_sound_input(3alleg4)
• read_sound_input(3alleg4)
• stop_sound_input(3alleg4)
• digi_recorder(3alleg4)
• set_sound_input_source(3alleg4)
• get_sound_input_cap_parm(3alleg4)
• get_sound_input_cap_bits(3alleg4)
• get_sound_input_cap_rate(3alleg4)
• get_sound_input_cap_stereo(3alleg4)

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 🫶 this was brought to you by Allegro, version 4.4.3, and the page herself, start_sound_input(3alleg4) — go forth and record, mwah 💋