Audio

Audio in raylib-rs sits behind a separate device token: RaylibAudio. Call RaylibAudio::init_audio_device() to open the audio device and get the token. Every audio resource — Wave, Sound, Music, AudioStream — is created through methods on RaylibAudio and carries a lifetime tied to the RaylibAudio token. The borrow checker enforces that no audio resource outlives the device, so teardown order is correct by construction.

Note on the plan’s wording. The plan refers to “AudioHandle” — the real type name in the codebase is RaylibAudio (raylib::core::audio::RaylibAudio).

API surface

• RaylibAudio::init_audio_device — open the audio device; returns Result<RaylibAudio, …>. Panics if called twice.
• Wave — loaded wave data (raw PCM). Create via RaylibAudio::new_wave.
• Sound — short audio clip ready for playback. Create via RaylibAudio::new_sound.
• Music — audio stream for longer tracks. Create via RaylibAudio::new_music.
• AudioStream — raw PCM stream for custom audio generation. Create via RaylibAudio::new_audio_stream.
• Sound::play — play a Sound to completion (fire and forget).
• Music::play_stream — begin streaming a Music track; call update_music_stream each frame.
• AudioStream::is_processed — check whether the stream buffer needs refilling.

Example

extern crate raylib;
use raylib::prelude::*;
use raylib::core::audio::RaylibAudio;

fn main() {
    let (mut rl, thread) = raylib::init()
        .size(640, 480)
        .title("Audio demo")
        .build();

    // Open the audio device.
    let audio = RaylibAudio::init_audio_device()
        .expect("failed to init audio device");

    // Load a short sound effect; Sound is lifetime-bound to `audio`.
    let sound = audio.new_sound("assets/coin.wav")
        .expect("failed to load sound");

    while !rl.window_should_close() {
        if rl.is_key_pressed(KeyboardKey::KEY_SPACE) {
            sound.play();
        }

        let mut d = rl.begin_drawing(&thread);
        d.clear_background(Color::RAYWHITE);
        d.draw_text("Press SPACE to play a sound", 10, 10, 20, Color::DARKGRAY);
    }
    // `sound` is dropped before `audio` — the compiler enforces this via lifetime.
    // `audio` drop calls CloseAudioDevice.
}

Gotchas

• RaylibAudio must outlive every audio resource. The lifetime parameters on Wave, Sound, Music, and AudioStream are not just documentation — the compiler will reject code that drops RaylibAudio while any resource is still live.
• The audio callback was removed in 6.0. The old per-sample callback API is gone. Use AudioStream with is_processed / update_audio_stream for custom PCM generation.
• WS6-prep soundness fix. The unsound default Sound impl (backlog #277) was removed. Sound no longer implements Default.

See also

• RAII and resources — how lifetime-bound resources fit the broader RAII model.
• RaylibAudio docs.rs / Sound docs.rs

Showcase examples

Showcase examples that exercise this module:

• audio_sound_loading
• audio_music_stream
• audio_raw_stream
• audio_module_playing
• audio_mixed_processor
• audio_stream_effects