al_register_audio_stream_loader(3)

al_register_audio_stream_loader3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>
bool al_register_audio_stream_loader(const char *ext,
   ALLEGRO_AUDIO_STREAM *(*stream_loader)(const char *filename,
      size_t buffer_count, unsigned int samples))

Overview

Register a handler for al_load_audio_stream(3) and al_play_audio_stream(3). The given function will be used to open streams from files with the given extension.

The extension should include the leading dot (`.') character. It will be matched case-insensitively.

The stream_loader argument may be NULL to unregister an entry.

Returns true on success, false on error. Returns false if unregistering an entry that doesn’t exist.

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