---
name: "SDL_HINT_WAVE_CHUNK_LIMIT"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsdl3-doc"
version: "3.2.10+ds-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SDL_HINT_WAVE_CHUNK_LIMIT"
---

# SDL\_HINT\_WAVE\_CHUNK\_LIMIT(3)

A variable controlling the maximum number of chunks in a WAVE file.

## NAME

SDL\_HINT\_WAVE\_CHUNK\_LIMIT - A variable controlling the maximum number of chunks in a WAVE file.

## HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3/SDL\_hints.h

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
```

**#define SDL\_HINT\_WAVE\_CHUNK\_LIMIT** *SDL\_WAVE\_CHUNK\_LIMIT"*

## DESCRIPTION

This sets an upper bound on the number of chunks in a WAVE file to avoid wasting time on malformed or corrupt WAVE files. This defaults to "10000".

This hint should be set before calling  **SDL\_LoadWAV** () or

**SDL\_LoadWAV\_IO** ()

## AVAILABILITY

This hint is available since SDL 3.2.0.