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SoundPause

SoundPause (Statement)​

Format​

soundpause player#

Description​

Pauses playback of a sound instance, where player# is the integer id returned by SoundPlayer. The playback position is kept; resume from the same spot with soundplay player#.

There is no separate "resume" statement — SoundPlay with a player# starts a stopped player or resumes a paused one.

Example​

music = soundplayer("song.mp3")
soundplay music
pause 2.0
soundpause music     # freeze playback
pause 1.0
soundplay music      # resume where it left off

See Also​

Sound, SoundPlay, SoundPlayer, SoundPosition, SoundSeek, SoundState, SoundStop

Availability​

BASIC-256 2.0 and later. Documented from the BASIC-256 v2.1 continuation project.