al_get_video_scaled_width(3alleg5)

✨ al_get_video_scaled_width ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro reference manual, and the whole entire vibe of it is one single function in the Allegro 5 API: al_get_video_scaled_width. it's giving "small but mighty" fr fr 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

al_get_video_scaled_width — Allegro 5 API 🎀

like. that's the name. that's the whole thing. she's an Allegro 5 API function and she said "that's my whole identity" 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro5/allegro_video.h>

float al_get_video_scaled_width(ALLEGRO_VIDEO *video)

no cap, that's literally the whole signature. include the header, call the function, take the float. slay ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so what does she actually do? she returns the width with which the video frame should be drawn. that's it. that's the job. 👑

and here's the lil plot twist that makes her matter: videos often do not use square pixels, so this will may return a value larger than the width of the frame bitmap. 😭 so like, if you were just gonna grab the bitmap width and call it a day… bestie no. the pixels aren't square, the math isn't mathing the way you assumed, and this function is the one that tells you the truth.

🫶 so basically: draw the frame at this width, not the bitmap's width. the function knows things. trust her.

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.1.12

she's been here since 5.1.12 and she's been correct the entire time. iconic behaviour honestly 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• al_get_video_frame(3alleg5) — go get the frame itself, bestie, this function is just telling you how wide to draw it 🎬

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and that's the whole page!! every flag, every float, every pixel-truth accounted for, no details left behind, periodt 💅

💖 this was brought to you by the Allegro reference manual, page al_get_video_scaled_width(3alleg5) — go forth and draw your videos at the correct width, my love, you're gonna ate 🎀✨🦋