18.1.2 Port Objects
Port objects, as returned by openport(), have the following
methods:
audio portcloseport()
- Close the port.
audio portgetfd()
- Return the file descriptor as an int.
audio portgetfilled()
- Return the number of filled samples.
audio portgetfillable()
- Return the number of fillable samples.
audio portreadsamps(nsamples)
- Read a number of samples from the queue, blocking if necessary.
Return the data as a string containing the raw data, (e.g., 2 bytes per
sample in big-endian byte order (high byte, low byte) if you have set
the sample width to 2 bytes).
audio portwritesamps(samples)
- Write samples into the queue, blocking if necessary. The samples are
encoded as described for the readsamps() return value.
audio portgetfillpoint()
- Return the `fill point'.
audio portsetfillpoint(fillpoint)
- Set the `fill point'.
audio portgetconfig()
- Return a configuration object containing the current configuration of
the port.
audio portsetconfig(config)
- Set the configuration from the argument, a configuration object.
audio portgetstatus(list)
- Get status information on last error.
