al_load_sample_f(3alleg5)

💖 al_load_sample_f 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro reference manual — it's al_load_sample_f(3alleg5) and it's literally the moment your audio file goes from "just bytes" to "vibes you can hear." 🎧✨

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✨ NAME ✨

al_load_sample_f — part of the Allegro 5 API, and it's giving "I load samples from files." 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

ALLEGRO_SAMPLE *al_load_sample_f(ALLEGRO_FILE* fp, const char *ident)

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the tea: this function loads an audio file from an ALLEGRO_FILE stream straight into an ALLEGRO_SAMPLE. 🌸

The file type? Not a mystery, bestie — it's decided by the ident parameter you pass in, which is a file name extension including the leading dot. Like .wav or .ogg or whatever your heart desires. 💅

heads up though — this stores the entire file in memory at once, which may be time consuming. 😭 It's not a sipper, it's a chugger.

If you'd rather read the file as it is needed (main character energy: lazy but efficient), use al_load_audio_stream_f(3alleg5) or al_play_audio_stream_f(3alleg5) instead. 🦋

Returns the sample on success, NULL on failure. And the file remains open afterwards — no surprise closes, no ghosting your file handle. 🙈

⚠️ Note: the allegro_audio library does not support any audio file formats by default. You must use the allegro_acodec addon, or register your own format handler. No codec, no sound. Periodt. 💀

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• al_register_sample_loader_f(3alleg5)
• al_init_acodec_addon(3alleg5)

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and that's the whole page, bestie! 🎀 go forth and load those samples, you absolute icon. 👑

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