pods::...Samples(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to pods::...Samples(3pm) — the User Contributed Perl Documentation page for SDL::Mixer::Samples, which is literally the module for functions for loading sound samples. 🎶✨

🌈 CATEGORY 🌈

Mixer 💅

🧚 METHODS 🧚

🎧 get_num_chunk_decoders

my $num_decoders = SDL::Mixer::Samples::get_num_chunk_decoders();

It returns the number of available decoders. slay.

🎧 get_chunk_decoder

my $decoder = SDL::Mixer::Samples::get_chunk_decoder( $num_decoder );

Returns the decoder for the given id. cute.

🎧 load_WAV

my $mix_chunk = SDL::Mixer::Samples::load_WAV( $file );

load_WAV reads a file and passes it to SDL::Mixer::Samples::load_WAV_RW, so this is a quick way to load a file into a chunk. periodt.

Example:

my $chunk = SDL::Mixer::Samples::load_WAV('sample.wav');

SDL::Mixer::Channels::play_channel(-1, $chunk, -1);
SDL::delay(2000);

🎧 load_WAV_RW

my $mix_chunk = SDL::Mixer::Samples::load_WAV_RW( $rwops, $free );

load_WAV_RW is a macro that loads a sound sample from a block of memory. It supports WAVE-, MOD-, MIDI-, OGG- and MP3 files (sometimes depends on compilation options). It accepts two arguments: the first is a RWops object from which to read, and the second is a flag to free the source memory after loading is complete or not.

It returns a Mix_Chunk containing the whole sample on success, or undef on error.

⚠️ Note: Do not reuse the RWops-object for another call to this function! no cap, that one matters.

Example:

my $rwops = SDL::RWOps->new_file('sample.wav', 'r');

my $chunk = SDL::Mixer::Samples::load_WAV_RW($rwops, 0);

SDL::Mixer::Channels::play_channel(-1, $chunk, -1);
SDL::delay(2000);

🎧 quick_load_WAV

SDL::Mixer::Samples::quick_load_WAV( $buf );

to be documented. 🫠

🎧 quick_load_RAW

SDL::Mixer::Samples::quick_load_RAW( $buf, $len );

to be documented. 🫠

🎧 volume_chunk

my $volume_before = SDL::Mixer::Samples::volume_chunk( $chunk, $new_volume );

volume_chunk lets you set and get the volume of a chunk. When a chunk is created, its volume is MIX_MAX_VOLUME (128).

If you pass -1 as $new_volume, you just get its volume without changing it. iconic.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

See "AUTHORS" in SDL.

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xoxo, pods::...Samples(3pm) 💅 — served fresh from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-19. 🫶