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26 
27 // AkMusicEngine.h
28 
29 /// \file
30 /// The main music engine interface.
31 
32 
33 #ifndef _AK_MUSICENGINE_H_
34 #define _AK_MUSICENGINE_H_
35 
39 
40 /// Platform-independent initialization settings of the music engine
41 /// \sa
42 /// - AK::MusicEngine::Init()
43 /// - \ref soundengine_integration_init_advanced
45 {
46  AkReal32 fStreamingLookAheadRatio; ///< Multiplication factor for all streaming look-ahead heuristic values.
47 };
48 
49 // Audiokinetic namespace
50 namespace AK
51 {
52  /// Music engine namespace
53  /// \akwarning
54  /// The functions in this namespace are not thread-safe, unless stated otherwise.
55  /// \endakwarning
56  namespace MusicEngine
57  {
58  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
59  /// @name Initialization
60  //@{
61 
62  /// Initialize the music engine.
63  /// \warning This function must be called after the base sound engine has been properly initialized.
64  /// There should be no AK API call between AK::SoundEngine::Init() and this call. Any call done in between is potentially unsafe.
65  /// \return AK_Success if the Init was successful, AK_Fail otherwise.
66  /// \sa
67  /// - \ref workingwithsdks_initialization
69  AkMusicSettings * in_pSettings ///< Initialization settings (can be NULL, to use the default values)
70  );
71 
72  /// Get the music engine's default initialization settings values
73  /// \sa
74  /// - \ref soundengine_integration_init_advanced
75  /// - AK::MusicEngine::Init()
77  AkMusicSettings & out_settings ///< Returned default platform-independent music engine settings
78  );
79 
80  /// Terminate the music engine.
81  /// \warning This function must be called before calling Term() on the base sound engine.
82  /// \sa
83  /// - \ref workingwithsdks_termination
85  );
86 
87  /// Query information on the active segment of a music object that is playing. Use the playing ID
88  /// that was returned from AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent(), provided that the event contained a play
89  /// action that was targetting a music object. For any configuration of interactive music hierarchy,
90  /// there is only one segment that is active at a time.
91  /// To be able to query segment information, you must pass the AK_EnableGetMusicPlayPosition flag
92  /// to the AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent() method. This informs the sound engine that the source associated
93  /// with this event should be given special consideration because GetPlayingSegmentInfo() can be called
94  /// at any time for this AkPlayingID.
95  /// Notes:
96  /// - If the music object is a single segment, you will get negative values for AkSegmentInfo::iCurrentPosition
97  /// during the pre-entry. This will never occur with other types of music objects because the
98  /// pre-entry of a segment always overlaps another active segment.
99  /// - The active segment during the pre-entry of the first segment of a Playlist Container or a Music Switch
100  /// Container is "nothing", as well as during the post-exit of the last segment of a Playlist (and beyond).
101  /// - When the active segment is "nothing", out_uSegmentInfo is filled with zeros.
102  /// - If in_bExtrapolate is true (default), AkSegmentInfo::iCurrentPosition is corrected by the amount of time elapsed
103  /// since the beginning of the audio frame. It is thus possible that it slightly overshoots the total segment length.
104  /// \return AK_Success if there is a playing music structure associated with the specified playing ID.
105  /// \sa
106  /// - AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent
107  /// - AkSegmentInfo
109  AkPlayingID in_PlayingID, ///< Playing ID returned by AK::SoundEngine::PostEvent().
110  AkSegmentInfo & out_segmentInfo, ///< Structure containing information about the active segment of the music structure that is playing.
111  bool in_bExtrapolate = true ///< Position is extrapolated based on time elapsed since last sound engine update.
112  );
113 
114  //@}
115  }
116 }
117 
118 #endif // _AK_MUSICENGINE_H_
119 
Audiokinetic namespace.
#define AK_EXTERNAPIFUNC(_type, _name)
AKRESULT
Standard function call result.
Definition: AkTypes.h:131
Structure used to query info on active playing segments.
Definition: AkCallback.h:216
AKSOUNDENGINE_API AKRESULT GetPlayingSegmentInfo(AkPlayingID in_PlayingID, AkSegmentInfo &out_segmentInfo, bool in_bExtrapolate=true)
AKSOUNDENGINE_API void GetDefaultInitSettings(AkMusicSettings &out_settings)
float AkReal32
32-bit floating point
AkReal32 fStreamingLookAheadRatio
Multiplication factor for all streaming look-ahead heuristic values.
Definition: AkMusicEngine.h:46
AKSOUNDENGINE_API AKRESULT Init(AkMusicSettings *in_pSettings)
AKSOUNDENGINE_API void Term()
AkUInt32 AkPlayingID
Playing ID.
Definition: AkTypes.h:55

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