Function Reference

_SoundStatus

Returns the status of the sound

#include <Sound.au3>
_SoundStatus ( $sSnd_id )

Parameters

$sSnd_id

Sound ID (the 'alias') as returned by _SoundOpen or a file

Return Value

Success:	Sound Status
Failure:	0
@Error:	0 = No Error

Remarks

From MSDN:
All devices can return the "not ready", "paused", "playing", and "stopped" values.
Some devices can return the additional "open", "parked", "recording", and "seeking" values.

Related

Example

#include <Sound.au3>
;open sound file
$sound = _SoundOpen(@WindowsDir & "\media\Windows XP Startup.wav", "Startup")
If @error = 2 Then
MsgBox(0, "Error", "The file does not exist")
Exit
ElseIf @error = 3 Then
MsgBox(0, "Error", "The alias was invalid")
Exit
ElseIf @extended <> 0 Then
$extended = @extended ;assign because @extended will be set after DllCall
$stText = DllStructCreate("char[128]")
$errorstring = DllCall("winmm.dll","short","mciGetErrorStringA","str",$extended,"ptr",DllStructGetPtr($stText),"int",128)
MsgBox(0, "Error", "The open failed." & @CRLF & "Error Number: " & $extended & @CRLF & "Error Description: " & DllStructGetData($stText, 1) & @CRLF & "Please Note: The sound may still play correctly.")
Else
MsgBox(0, "Success", "The file opened successfully")
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("After _SoundOpen: ")
ConsoleWrite(_SoundStatus($sound) & @LF)

_SoundPlay($sound)
ConsoleWrite("After _SoundPlay: ")
ConsoleWrite(_SoundStatus($sound) & @LF)

Sleep(1000)

_SoundPause($sound)
ConsoleWrite("After _SoundPause: ")
ConsoleWrite(_SoundStatus($sound) & @LF)

Sleep(1000)
_SoundResume($sound)

While 1
Sleep(100)
If _SoundPos($sound, 2) = _SoundLength($sound, 2) Then ExitLoop
WEnd

_SoundClose($sound)