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00028 // AkMusicEngine.h
00029 
00030 /// \file 
00031 /// The main music engine interface.
00032 
00033 
00034 #ifndef _AK_MUSICENGINE_H_
00035 #define _AK_MUSICENGINE_H_
00036 
00037 #include <AK/SoundEngine/Common/AkSoundEngineExport.h>
00038 #include <AK/SoundEngine/Common/AkTypes.h>
00039 #include <AK/SoundEngine/Common/AkCallback.h>
00040 
00041 /// Platform-independent initialization settings of the music engine
00042 /// \sa 
00043 /// - AK::MusicEngine::Init()
00044 /// - \ref soundengine_integration_init_advanced
00045 struct AkMusicSettings
00046 {
00047     AkReal32 fStreamingLookAheadRatio;  ///< Multiplication factor for all streaming look-ahead heuristic values.
00048 };
00049 
00050 // Audiokinetic namespace
00051 namespace AK
00052 {
00053     /// Music engine namespace
00054     /// \warning The functions in this namespace are not thread-safe, unless stated otherwise.
00055     namespace MusicEngine
00056     {
00057         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
00058         /// @name Initialization
00059         //@{
00060 
00061         /// Initialize the music engine.
00062         /// \warning This function must be called after the base sound engine has been properly initialized. 
00063         /// There should be no AK API call between AK::SoundEngine::Init() and this call. Any call done in between is potentially unsafe.
00064         /// \return AK_Success if the Init was successful, AK_Fail otherwise.
00065         /// \sa
00066         /// - \ref workingwithsdks_initialization
00067         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( AKRESULT, Init )(
00068             AkMusicSettings *   in_pSettings    ///< Initialization settings (can be NULL, to use the default values)
00069             );
00070 
00071         /// Get the music engine's default initialization settings values
00072         /// \sa
00073         /// - \ref soundengine_integration_init_advanced
00074         /// - AK::MusicEngine::Init()
00075         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( void, GetDefaultInitSettings )(
00076             AkMusicSettings &   out_settings    ///< Returned default platform-independent music engine settings
00077             );
00078 
00079         /// Terminate the music engine.
00080         /// \warning This function must be called before calling Term() on the base sound engine.
00081         /// \sa
00082         /// - \ref workingwithsdks_termination
00083         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( void, Term )(
00084             );
00085         
00086         /// Query information on the active segment of a music object that is playing. Use the playing ID 
00087         /// that was returned from AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent(), provided that the event contained a play
00088         /// action that was targetting a music object. For any configuration of interactive music hierarchy, 
00089         /// there is only one segment that is active at a time. 
00090         /// To be able to query segment information, you must pass the AK_EnableGetMusicPlayPosition flag 
00091         /// to the AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent() method. This informs the sound engine that the source associated 
00092         /// with this event should be given special consideration because GetPlayingSegmentInfo() can be called 
00093         /// at any time for this AkPlayingID.
00094         /// Notes:
00095         /// - If the music object is a single segment, you will get negative values for AkSegmentInfo::iCurrentPosition
00096         ///     during the pre-entry. This will never occur with other types of music objects because the 
00097         ///     pre-entry of a segment always overlaps another active segment.
00098         /// - The active segment during the pre-entry of the first segment of a Playlist Container or a Music Switch 
00099         ///     Container is "nothing", as well as during the post-exit of the last segment of a Playlist (and beyond).
00100         /// - When the active segment is "nothing", out_uSegmentInfo is filled with zeros.
00101         /// - If in_bExtrapolate is true (default), AkSegmentInfo::iCurrentPosition is corrected by the amount of time elapsed
00102         ///     since the beginning of the audio frame. It is thus possible that it slightly overshoots the total segment length.
00103         /// \return AK_Success if there is a playing music structure associated with the specified playing ID.
00104         /// \sa
00105         /// - AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent
00106         /// - AkSegmentInfo
00107         AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC( AKRESULT, GetPlayingSegmentInfo )(
00108             AkPlayingID     in_PlayingID,           ///< Playing ID returned by AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent().
00109             AkSegmentInfo & out_segmentInfo,        ///< Structure containing information about the active segment of the music structure that is playing.
00110             bool            in_bExtrapolate = true  ///< Position is extrapolated based on time elapsed since last sound engine update.
00111             );
00112 
00113         //@}
00114     }
00115 }
00116 
00117 #endif // _AK_MUSICENGINE_H_
00118 

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