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]

control.GetOutputSpeakersCount (

nIndex as Integer

) as Integer

[C++]

short control.GetOutputSpeakersCount (

short nIndex

);

Parameter	Description

nIndex	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)