Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (C++)

IDirectMusicPerformance8::GetSegmentState

The GetSegmentState method retrieves the currently playing primary segment state or the primary segment state that is playing at a given time.

Syntax

HRESULT GetSegmentState(
  IDirectMusicSegmentState ** ppSegmentState, 
  MUSIC_TIME mtTime
);

Parameters

ppSegmentState

Address of a variable that receives a pointer to the segment state. The caller is responsible for calling Release on this pointer.

mtTime

Time for which the segment state is to be retrieved.

Return Values

If the method succeeds, the return value is S_OK.

If it fails, the method can return one of the error values shown in the following table.

Return code
DMUS_E_NOT_FOUND
E_POINTER

Remarks

To get the currently playing segment state, pass the time returned by the IDirectMusicPerformance8::GetTime method. Because of latency, the currently playing segment state is not necessarily the one being heard.

Requirements

  Header: Declared in dmusici.h.

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