al_save_sample(3alleg5)

💾 al_save_sample — Allegro 5 API, bestie edition

okay so you want to write a sample to a file? say less. this is from the Allegro 5 API and it lives in the allegro_audio corner of the universe. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

bool al_save_sample(const char *filename, ALLEGRO_SAMPLE *spl)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically al_save_sample writes a sample into a file. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💅

r i g h t now the only format it supports is wav, and listen — the extension has to literally be ".wav". no ".WAV" shenanigans, no "close enough", it's giving very specific and we respect that 🫶

it returns true on success and false on error. simple. clean. iconic.

⚠️ GIRL WAIT. the allegro_audio library does not support any audio file formats by default. like, zero, none, nada 😭 you must use the allegro_acodec addon, or register your own format handler. don't come crying to me when nothing saves. this is a real note in the real docs, no cap.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_save_sample_f(3alleg5) — the fancy relative-path sibling ✨
• al_register_sample_saver(3alleg5) — for when you wanna roll your own format handler, main character energy
• al_init_acodec_addon(3alleg5) — the one you probably forgot to call 🙈

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that's the whole page, fr fr. this was al_save_sample(3alleg5) from the Allegro reference manual — go forth and save your wavs, queen 💖🎀🦋