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1 \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{al}}
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2 \bimodindex{al}
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4 This module provides access to the audio facilities of the SGI Indy
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6 details. You'll need to read those man pages to understand what these
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7 functions do! Some of the functions are not available in IRIX
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8 releases before 4.0.5. Again, see the manual to check whether a
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9 specific function is available on your platform.
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11 All functions and methods defined in this module are equivalent to
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12 the C functions with \samp{AL} prefixed to their name.
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14 Symbolic constants from the C header file \file{<audio.h>} are defined
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17 \strong{Warning:} the current version of the audio library may dump core
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18 when bad argument values are passed rather than returning an error
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19 status. Unfortunately, since the precise circumstances under which
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29 \begin{funcdesc}{openport}{name\, direction\optional{\, config}}
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32 \code{al.newconfig()}. The return value is an \dfn{port object};
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43 integers containing the data returned by ALqueryparams().
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64 Return the queue size.
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68 Set the queue size.
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72 Get the sample width.
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80 Get the channel count.
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88 Get the sample format.
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92 Set the sample format.
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96 Get the maximum value for floating sample formats.
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111 Close the port.
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119 Return the number of filled samples.
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126 \begin{funcdesc}{readsamps}{nsamples}
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127 Read a number of samples from the queue, blocking if necessary.
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133 \begin{funcdesc}{writesamps}{samples}
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134 Write samples into the queue, blocking if necessary. The samples are
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135 encoded as described for the \code{readsamps} return value.
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138 \begin{funcdesc}{getfillpoint}{}
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139 Return the `fill point'.
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143 Set the `fill point'.
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146 \begin{funcdesc}{getconfig}{}
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151 \begin{funcdesc}{setconfig}{config}
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152 Set the configuration from the argument, a configuration object.
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155 \begin{funcdesc}{getstatus}{list}
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156 Get status information on last error.
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159 \section{Standard Module \sectcode{AL}}
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160 \nodename{AL (uppercase)}
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161 \stmodindex{AL}
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163 This module defines symbolic constants needed to use the built-in
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164 module \code{al} (see above); they are equivalent to those defined in
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165 the C header file \file{<audio.h>} except that the name prefix
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166 \samp{AL_} is omitted. Read the module source for a complete list of
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167 the defined names. Suggested use:
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169 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
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170 import al
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171 from AL import *
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172 \end{verbatim}\ecode