Read raw char data array from header

[rossmarinaro]

Very simple question - Is it possible to read audio as a raw char array defined in a header? With opengl, I can create a 2d texture with the data as mentioned. There's online converters which can take any file and make it into a C array. Can I do the same with this library?

[mackron]

Yes, this is possible. If it's the raw contents of the entire file (as in the entire WAV, MP3, etc.) and not just the raw PCM audio data, use ma_decoder_init_memory(). If it's just raw PCM audio data, use ma_audio_buffer (https://miniaud.io/docs/manual/#AudioBuffers). If you're using ma_sound for playback, initialize your sound with ma_sound_init_from_data_source(), passing in your ma_decoder or ma_audio_buffer you initialized earlier (they are both data sources which means they can be plugged into any function that takes a ma_data_source*).

[mackron]

Further to this, it's one data source per ma_sound instance, so you need to initialize one ma_decoder or ma_audio_buffer for each sound instance. However, when you initialize each of your ma_decoder or ma_audio_buffer objects, they will not make a copy of the buffer that you pass in so it should still be efficient.