al_identify_video_f(3alleg5)

💖 al_identify_video_f — Allegro 5 API 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the 3alleg5 section of the Allegro reference manual, aka the place where we vibe with video file sniffing 🎬✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_video.h>

char const *al_identify_video_f(ALLEGRO_FILE *fp)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what this function does is peek at the first few bytes of an already-open ALLEGRO_FILE and try to guess what kind of video file it is. it's giving detective energy, but make it a very quick glance 👀

and here's the tea, bestie: by default Allegro cannot recognize any file types at all. like, zero. none. nada. 🙈 but if you call al_init_video_addon(3alleg5), that adds detection of the types it can actually read. so like, that's the glow-up moment ✨

when it works, you get back a pointer to a static string holding a file extension for the type, and yes, the leading dot is included. for example ".ogv". icon behavior honestly 💅

and if the video type can't be figured out? you get NULL. no cap, no guessing games, just NULL. 💀

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.2.8 — she's been around since 5.2.8, a true seasoned queen 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• al_init_video_addon(3alleg5)
• al_identify_video(3alleg5)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the Allegro reference manual, al_identify_video_f(3alleg5), and honestly? iconic. go identify some videos, you main character 💜✨🎀