audio:isPlaying() returns false for both pause and stop

[JJSax]

I understand that the audio source:isPlaying() will only return true if it's playing and that seems to be intended. Is there a function that I'm not seeing that will only return true/false only if it's stopped? or return if it's paused? I just don't want to treat them the same way in my code. It seems like they were separated at one point but now both are under source:isPlaying()

[zorg]

That decision was to simplify the internal state.

What you can do is to also check with source:tell() whether the audio is exactly at the 0 playback position, or in other words, at the start.
If it is, then either:
- It was never started (and/or seeked into), or
- It was stopped, which is basically :pause() + :rewind(), which in turn is just :seek(0).

Since they are logically the same, you can treat them as such, but if you -really- need to separate them as state, and not just for button's sake, then:

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if not source:isPlaying() then
    if source:tell() == 0 then
        return 'stopped'
    else
        return 'paused'
    end
else
    return 'playing'
end

[JJSax]

That decision was to simplify the internal state.

What you can do is to also check with source:tell() whether the audio is exactly at the 0 playback position, or in other words, at the start.
If it is, then either:
- It was never started (and/or seeked into), or
- It was stopped, which is basically :pause() + :rewind(), which in turn is just :seek(0).
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Beautiful! And thanks for the explanation of why they made the change. It makes sense and I learn way better when I know the "why". I've tested it and it works perfectly. Thank you!