al_play_audio_stream(3)

al_play_audio_stream3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>
ALLEGRO_AUDIO_STREAM *al_play_audio_stream(const char *filename)

Overview

Loads and plays an audio file, streaming from disk as it is needed. This API can only play one audio stream at a time. This requires a default mixer to be set, which is typically done via al_reserve_samples(3), but can also be done via al_set_default_mixer(3).

Returns the stream on success, NULL on failure. You must not destroy the returned stream, it will be automatically destroyed when the addon is shut down.

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.

Since

5.2.8

[Unstable API]: New API.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.