ao_initialize

declared in "ao/ao.h";

This function initializes the internal libao data structures and loads all of the available plugins. The system and user configuration files are also read at this time if available. The library must be initialized before any other libao functions can be used.

void ao_initialize();

Notes

Do not invoke this function more than once before calling ao_shutdown(). If you want to reload the configuration files without restarting your program, first call ao_shutdown(), then call ao_initialize() again.