Intro

SDL_playlist is a small class that automatically loads and manages music files for your game. This repo comes with main.cpp to serve as an example, and is of course not necessary for actual usage.

Usage

1. Add both SDL_playlist.h and SDL_playlist.cpp to your project
2. Add #include "SDL_playlist.h" in your main file (or wherever you need to control the playlist)
3. Create an SDL_playlist_options struct and fill in the values you need
4. Call SDL_playlist::Initialize with your options
   • Once you do this, make sure you put SDL_playlist::Destroy in your cleanup routine!
5. To start playing whatever is in the playlist, call SDL_playlist::Start

Methods

SDL_playlist has the following static methods.

Signature	Description
void Initialize(SDL_playlist_options options)	Initializes the playlist and sets up callbacks
void Destroy()	Unloads all music files and cleans up
void Start()	Starts playing the playlist
void Pause()	Pauses music
void Resume()	I'm really not sure
void TogglePause()	If the playlist is paused, play, if it's playing, pause
void Stop()	Stops the playlist - if resumed, it will start from the beginning without reshuffling
void Next()	Plays the next song in the playlist. If it has reached the end, it will reshuffle and start over
void Prev()	Plays the previous song in the playlist. If it has reached the beginning, it will reshuffle and start at the end
void Shuffle()	Shuffles the entire playlist
SDL_playlist_track* CurrentTrack()	Returns the internal struct used for the current track
SDL_playlist_status Status()	Returns what the playlist is doing (usually will just say Playing)

Limitations

Currently SDL_playlist is Windows only! This is something I want to change, but have not gotten around to doing yet. Please feel free to submit a PR if you get this done!