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.TH Mix_PlayChannel 3 "SDL_mixer 3.0.0" "SDL_mixer" "SDL_mixer3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
Mix_PlayChannel \- Play an audio chunk on a specific channel\[char46]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "int Mix_PlayChannel(int channel, Mix_Chunk *chunk, int loops);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
If the specified channel is -1, play on the first free channel (and return
-1 without playing anything new if no free channel was available)\[char46]

If a specific channel was requested, and there is a chunk already playing
there, that chunk will be halted and the new chunk will take its place\[char46]

If
.BR loops
is greater than zero, loop the sound that many times\[char46] If
.BR loops
is -1, loop "infinitely" (~65000 times)\[char46]

Note that before SDL_mixer 3\[char46]0\[char46]0, this function was a macro that called

.BR Mix_PlayChannelTimed
() with a fourth parameter
("ticks") of -1\[char46] This function still does the same thing, but promotes it
to a proper API function\[char46] Older binaries linked against a newer SDL_mixer
will still call 
.BR Mix_PlayChannelTimed
 directly, as
they are using the macro, which was available since the dawn of time\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I channel
the channel on which to play the new chunk\[char46]
.TP
.I chunk
the new chunk to play\[char46]
.TP
.I loops
the number of times the chunk should loop, -1 to loop (not actually) infinitely\[char46]
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns which channel was used to play the sound, or -1 if sound could not
be played\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL_mixer 3\[char46]0\[char46]0