---
name: "Sound"
section: "3nas"
platform: "linux"
package: "libaudio-dev"
version: "1.9.4-9"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Sound/3nas"
---

# Sound(3nas)

audio file description.

## Name

**Sound** - audio file description.

## Structures

\#include \<audio/audiolib.h\>\
 \#include \<audio/sound.h\>

typedef struct\
 {\
\
     . . .\
 }**SoundRec**, \***Sound**;

## Members

Do not dereference the members of the **SoundRec** structure directly. Instead use the access macros.

*sound* is a **Sound**, a pointer to a **SoundRec** structure.

- **SoundFileFormat(***sound***)**

  Accesses the int value giving the format of the sound file.

- **SoundFileFormatString(***sound***)**

  Accesses the string description of the format of the sound file.

- **SoundDataFormat(***sound***)**

  Accesses the int value giving the data format of the sound file.

- **SoundDataFormatString(***sound***)**

  Accesses the string description of the data format of the sound file.

- **SoundNumTracks(***sound***)**

  Accesses the int value giving the number of tracks in the audio data in the sound file.

- **SoundSampleRate(***sound***)**

  Accesses the int value giving the samples rate of the audio data in the sound file.

- **SoundNumSamples(***sound***)**

  Accesses the int value giving the total number of samples.

- **SoundComment(***sound***)**

  Accesses the string comment.

- **SoundBytesPerSample(***sound***)**

  Returns the bytes per sample of audio data.

- **SoundNumBytes(***sound***)**

  Returns the total number of bytes of audio data in the sound file.

- **SoundValidateDataFormat(***sound***)**

  Returns true if the sound file format is a valid format.

## Description

The **SoundRec** structure describes an audio file.

## See Also

**SoundCloseFile**, **SoundCreate**, **SoundFlushFile**, **SoundOpenFileForReading**, **SoundOpenFileWriting**, **SoundReadFile**, **SoundRewindFile**, **SoundSeekFile**, **SoundTellFile**, **SoundWriteFile**.

audiolib - **Network Audio System** C Language Interface