(This is the legacy documentation for SDL2, the previous stable version; SDL3 is the current stable version.)

SDL_CloseAudioDevice

Use this function to shut down audio processing and close the audio device.

Header File

Syntax

void SDL_CloseAudioDevice(SDL_AudioDeviceID dev);

Function Parameters

SDL_AudioDeviceID

dev

an audio device previously opened with SDL_OpenAudioDevice().

Remarks

The application should close open audio devices once they are no longer needed. Calling this function will wait until the device's audio callback is not running, release the audio hardware and then clean up internal state. No further audio will play from this device once this function returns.

This function may block briefly while pending audio data is played by the hardware, so that applications don't drop the last buffer of data they supplied.

The device ID is invalid as soon as the device is closed, and is eligible for reuse in a new SDL_OpenAudioDevice() call immediately.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.