Methods > Output devices and system mixers > GetOutputSpeakersCount method

Remarks

Retrieves the number of speakers available on the given output device (sound card).

The total number of available output devices can be obtained using the GetOutputDevicesCount method.

For further details about speakers assignment, take a look to the How to work with multiple output devices and speakers section.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

Public Function GetOutputSpeakersCount (

nOutputIndex as Int16

) as Int16

[C#]

public Int16 GetOutputSpeakersCount (

Int16 nOutputIndex

);

[C++]

public: Int16 GetOutputSpeakersCount (

Int16 nOutputIndex

);

Parameter	Description

nOutputIndex	Number representing the zero-based index of the involved output device.

Return value

Value	Meaning

Value > 0	The number of speakers available on the given output device
Negative value	An error occurred (see the LastError property for further error details)