GetSoundBufferLength

This function gets the buffer playback length of the specified sound. Works only with streams.

Syntax

float getSoundBufferLength ( element theSound )

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Method: sound:getBufferLength(...)

Variable: .bufferLength

Required Arguments

• theSound: the sound element which buffer length you want to get.

Returns

• A float value indicating the buffer playback length of the sound in seconds.
• false if the sound is not a stream.
• nil if the sound is invalid.

Example

This example draws a simple player that shows the length of the downloaded part of the song.

local screenSize = Vector2(guiGetScreenSize())
local BOX_SIZE = Vector2(300, 100)
local LINE_SIZE = Vector2(BOX_SIZE.x, 10)
local BOX_POSITION = screenSize / 2 - BOX_SIZE / 2
local TITLE_POSITION = BOX_POSITION + Vector2(8, 8)
local ARTIST_POSITION = BOX_POSITION + Vector2(8, 32)

local sound

addCommandHandler("playsound", function ()
    if isElement(sound) then
        destroyElement(sound)
    end
    sound = playSound("https://example.com/song.mp3")
end)

addCommandHandler("stopsound", function ()
    if isElement(sound) then
        destroyElement(sound)
    end
end)

addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, function ()
    if isElement(sound) then
        local soundLength = getSoundLength(sound)
        local soundPosition = getSoundPosition(sound)
        local soundBufferLength = getSoundBufferLength(sound)

        local meta = getSoundMetaTags(sound)

        dxDrawRectangle(BOX_POSITION, BOX_SIZE, tocolor(20, 20, 20, 255), false, false)

        if meta.title then
            dxDrawText(meta.title, TITLE_POSITION, 0, 0, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.5, 1.5, "clear")
        end
        if meta.artist then
            dxDrawText(meta.artist, ARTIST_POSITION, 0, 0, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.0, 1.0, "clear")
        end

        dxDrawText(("%d:%02d"):format(soundPosition / 60, soundPosition % 60), BOX_POSITION + Vector2(8, BOX_SIZE.y - 32), BOX_POSITION + BOX_SIZE - Vector2(8, 0), tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.0, 1.0, "clear", "left", "top")
        dxDrawText(("%d:%02d"):format(soundLength / 60, soundLength % 60), BOX_POSITION + Vector2(8, BOX_SIZE.y - 32), BOX_POSITION + BOX_SIZE - Vector2(8, 0), tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.0, 1.0, "clear", "right", "top")
        
        -- draw seek bar
        local linePosition = Vector2(BOX_POSITION.x, BOX_POSITION.y + BOX_SIZE.y - LINE_SIZE.y)
        dxDrawRectangle(linePosition, LINE_SIZE, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 128), false, false)

        -- draw buffer length
        if soundBufferLength then
            dxDrawRectangle(linePosition, Vector2(LINE_SIZE.x * (soundBufferLength / soundLength), LINE_SIZE.y), tocolor(255, 255, 255, 96), false, false)
        end
        -- draw current position
        dxDrawRectangle(linePosition, Vector2(LINE_SIZE.x * (soundPosition / soundLength), LINE_SIZE.y), tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), false, false)
    end
end)

See Also

• getRadioChannel
• getRadioChannelName
• getSFXStatus
• getSoundBPM
• getSoundBufferLength
• getSoundEffectParameters
• getSoundEffects
• getSoundFFTData
• getSoundLength
• getSoundLevelData
• getSoundMaxDistance
• getSoundMetaTags
• getSoundMinDistance
• getSoundPan
• getSoundPosition
• getSoundProperties
• getSoundSpeed
• getSoundVolume
• getSoundWaveData
• isSoundLooped
• isSoundPanningEnabled
• isSoundPaused
• playSFX3D
• playSFX
• playSound3D
• playSound
• setRadioChannel
• setSoundEffectEnabled
• setSoundEffectParameter
• setSoundLooped
• setSoundMaxDistance
• setSoundMinDistance
• setSoundPan
• setSoundPanningEnabled
• setSoundPaused
• setSoundPosition
• setSoundProperties
• setSoundSpeed
• setSoundVolume
• stopSound


• Shared
• playSoundFrontEnd