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+.TH "SDL_OpenAudio" "3" "Mon 12 Mar 2001, 01:02" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
+.SH "NAME"
+SDL_OpenAudio\- Opens the audio device with the desired parameters\&.
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.PP
+\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
+.sp
+\fBint \fBSDL_OpenAudio\fP\fR(\fBSDL_AudioSpec *desired, SDL_AudioSpec *obtained\fR);
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+This function opens the audio device with the \fBdesired\fR parameters, and returns 0 if successful, placing the actual hardware parameters in the structure pointed to by \fBobtained\fR\&. If \fBobtained\fR is NULL, the audio data passed to the callback function will be guaranteed to be in the requested format, and will be automatically converted to the hardware audio format if necessary\&. This function returns -1 if it failed to open the audio device, or couldn\&'t set up the audio thread\&.
+.PP
+To open the audio device a \fBdesired\fR \fI\fBSDL_AudioSpec\fR\fR must be created\&. 
+.PP
+.nf
+\f(CWSDL_AudioSpec *desired;
+\&.
+\&.
+desired=(SDL_AudioSpec *)malloc(sizeof(SDL_AudioSpec));\fR
+.fi
+.PP
+ You must then fill this structure with your desired audio specifications\&.
+.IP "\fBdesired\fR->\fBfreq\fR" 10The desired audio frequency in samples-per-second\&.
+.IP "\fBdesired\fR->\fBformat\fR" 10The desired audio format (see \fI\fBSDL_AudioSpec\fR\fR)
+.IP "\fBdesired\fR->\fBsamples\fR" 10The desired size of the audio buffer in samples\&. This number should be a power of two, and may be adjusted by the audio driver to a value more suitable for the hardware\&. Good values seem to range between 512 and 8192 inclusive, depending on the application and CPU speed\&. Smaller values yield faster response time, but can lead to underflow if the application is doing heavy processing and cannot fill the audio buffer in time\&. A stereo sample consists of both right and left channels in LR ordering\&. Note that the number of samples is directly related to time by the following formula: ms = (samples*1000)/freq
+.IP "\fBdesired\fR->\fBcallback\fR" 10This should be set to a function that will be called when the audio device is ready for more data\&. It is passed a pointer to the audio buffer, and the length in bytes of the audio buffer\&. This function usually runs in a separate thread, and so you should protect data structures that it accesses by calling \fI\fBSDL_LockAudio\fP\fR and \fI\fBSDL_UnlockAudio\fP\fR in your code\&. The callback prototype is: 
+.PP
+.nf
+\f(CWvoid callback(void *userdata, Uint8 *stream, int len);\fR
+.fi
+.PP
+ \fBuserdata\fR is the pointer stored in \fBuserdata\fR field of the \fBSDL_AudioSpec\fR\&. \fBstream\fR is a pointer to the audio buffer you want to fill with information and \fBlen\fR is the length of the audio buffer in bytes\&.
+.IP "\fBdesired\fR->\fBuserdata\fR" 10This pointer is passed as the first parameter to the \fBcallback\fP function\&.
+.PP
+\fBSDL_OpenAudio\fP reads these fields from the \fBdesired\fR \fBSDL_AudioSpec\fR structure pass to the function and attempts to find an audio configuration matching your \fBdesired\fR\&. As mentioned above, if the \fBobtained\fR parameter is \fBNULL\fP then SDL with convert from your \fBdesired\fR audio settings to the hardware settings as it plays\&.
+.PP
+If \fBobtained\fR is \fBNULL\fP then the \fBdesired\fR \fBSDL_AudioSpec\fR is your working specification, otherwise the \fBobtained\fR \fBSDL_AudioSpec\fR becomes the working specification and the \fBdesirec\fR specification can be deleted\&. The data in the working specification is used when building \fBSDL_AudioCVT\fR\&'s for converting loaded data to the hardware format\&.
+.PP
+\fBSDL_OpenAudio\fP calculates the \fBsize\fR and \fBsilence\fR fields for both the \fBdesired\fR and \fBobtained\fR specifications\&. The \fBsize\fR field stores the total size of the audio buffer in bytes, while the \fBsilence\fR stores the value used to represent silence in the audio buffer
+.PP
+The audio device starts out playing \fBsilence\fR when it\&'s opened, and should be enabled for playing by calling \fI\fBSDL_PauseAudio\fP(\fB0\fR)\fR when you are ready for your audio \fBcallback\fR function to be called\&. Since the audio driver may modify the requested \fBsize\fR of the audio buffer, you should allocate any local mixing buffers after you open the audio device\&.
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
+.nf
+\f(CW/* Prototype of our callback function */
+void my_audio_callback(void *userdata, Uint8 *stream, int len);
+
+/* Open the audio device */
+SDL_AudioSpec *desired, *obtained;
+SDL_AudioSpec *hardware_spec;
+
+/* Allocate a desired SDL_AudioSpec */
+desired=(SDL_AudioSpec *)malloc(sizeof(SDL_AudioSpec));
+
+/* Allocate space for the obtained SDL_AudioSpec */
+obtained=(SDL_AudioSpec *)malloc(sizeof(SDL_AudioSpec));
+
+/* 22050Hz - FM Radio quality */
+desired->freq=22050;
+
+/* 16-bit signed audio */
+desired->format=AUDIO_S16LSB;
+
+/* Large audio buffer reduces risk of dropouts but increases response time */
+desired->samples=8192;
+
+/* Our callback function */
+desired->callback=my_audio_callback;
+
+desired->userdata=NULL;
+
+/* Open the audio device */
+if ( SDL_OpenAudio(desired, obtained) < 0 ){
+  fprintf(stderr, "Couldn\&'t open audio: %s
+", SDL_GetError());
+  exit(-1);
+}
+/* desired spec is no longer needed */
+free(desired);
+hardware_spec=obtained;
+\&.
+\&.
+/* Prepare callback for playing */
+\&.
+\&.
+\&.
+/* Start playing */
+SDL_PauseAudio(0);\fR
+.fi
+.PP
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fI\fBSDL_AudioSpec\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_LockAudio\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_UnlockAudio\fP\fR, \fI\fBSDL_PauseAudio\fP\fR
+...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Mon 12 Mar 2001, 01:02