al_open_video(3) al_open_video(3)

al_open_video - Allegro 5 API

#include <allegro5/allegro_video.h>
ALLEGRO_VIDEO *al_open_video(char const *filename)

Reads a video file. This does not start streaming yet but reads the meta info so you can query e.g. the size or audio rate.

5.1.0

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