getChannelStatus()

Purpose

Find the status of an audio channel

Description

Check to see if audio is being played from a given channel

Syntax

status = getChannelStatus( channel )

Arguments

channel audio channel from 0 to 15

status status of the channel (in use or not)

Example

handle = loadAudio( "David Silvera/jingle_level_complete_03" )
volume = 0.5
pan = 0.5
speed = 1
playAudio( 0, handle, volume, pan, speed, 0 )
start = time()
elapsed = 0
// wait for audio to finish
status = getChannelStatus( 0 )
while status loop
    clear()
    now = time()
    elapsed = now - start
    printAt( 0, 0, elapsed )
    update()
    status = getChannelStatus( 0 )
repeat
printAt( 0, 1, "Finished" )
update()
sleep( 3 )

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