al_get_audio_stream_fragment(3alleg5)

💖 al_get_audio_stream_fragment 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro 5 API manual (the allegro5 one, iykyk) and it's literally all about feeding your audio stream. let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

al_get_audio_stream_fragment — Allegro 5 API 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

void *al_get_audio_stream_fragment(const ALLEGRO_AUDIO_STREAM *stream)

like, that's the whole vibe. one function, one pointer, no drama 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so when you're doing Allegro's audio streaming, this function is the one you keep calling to keep handing new sample data over to a stream. it's giving "constantly refilling the snack bowl" energy 🍓

if the stream is ready for new data, the function returns the address of an internal buffer that you get to fill up with audio data. the length and format of that buffer? yeah, those are specified over in al_create_audio_stream(3alleg5), or you can query them with the various functions described here. once you've filled that buffer, you must signal it to Allegro by passing the buffer to al_set_audio_stream_fragment(3alleg5) — no ghosting the library, bestie, it needs to know 😭

and if the stream is not</> ready for new data? the function just returns NULL. simple as. no cap.

Note: if you're listening to events from the stream, an ALLEGRO_EVENT_AUDIO_STREAM_FRAGMENT(3alleg5) event gets generated whenever a new fragment is ready. but — and this is the part people skip and then cry about — getting an event is not a guarantee that al_get_audio_stream_fragment(3alleg5) won't return NULL. so you still have to check for it. always. every time. periodt 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_set_audio_stream_fragment(3alleg5)
• al_get_audio_stream_event_source(3alleg5)
• al_get_audio_stream_frequency(3alleg5)
• al_get_audio_stream_channels(3alleg5)
• al_get_audio_stream_depth(3alleg5)
• al_get_audio_stream_length(3alleg5)

go read those too, they're all part of the same little friend group 🫶

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and that's the page!! this one comes to you straight from the Allegro reference manual, manual page al_get_audio_stream_fragment(3alleg5) — no date on this one, it's timeless like that ✨ stay streamy, bestie 💖🎀