`soundinfo`

Base Jedi Academy

Display information about the sound backend

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Audio & music
Module	`engine-client`
Also registered in	`engine-client`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Network scope	`client-only` — Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Derivation	`documented`
Confidence	`high`
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	No
Syntax	`soundinfo`
Cheat protected	No

Arguments and gating

No verified argument schema is available beyond the syntax shown above.

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: code/client/snd_dma.cpp:470
Attribution method: present-in-openjk-initial-source-import
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Identifier is present in OpenJK’s initial Raven source-import snapshot.

Later changes

These commits occur after the ultimate-origin introduction on TaystJK’s inherited first-parent lineage. Registration evidence is exact; behavior evidence requires a changed bound cvar reference or a changed registered command-handler hunk.

Date	Change source	Commit / subject	Evidence	Confidence
`2013-04-08`	OpenJK	`9950d594349c` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`high`
`2013-07-12`	OpenJK	`4a118ef1512c` Merge pull request #318 from archSeer/master	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/client/snd_dma_console.cpp`, `codemp/client/snd_dma_console.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-01-30`	OpenJK	`d3a6d2b9b9d2` [MP] Style: remove superfluous whitespace	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-05-05`	OpenJK	`8796b8716e49` [MP] Win64: Disable OpenAL for Win64 builds.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-05-10`	OpenJK	`16f7fe7ecc48` [MP] Minor refactoring and cleanup in the sound code to move AL code all in a preprocessor. Removed an unnecessary loop in S_LoadSound_DirIsAllowedToKeepMP3s.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-08-19`	OpenJK	`b75a642873a7` [MP] Remove redundant sound is muted message in soundinfo.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2015-11-24`	EternalJK	`c8f6ea17a324` Remove SP code	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2016-03-24`	EternalJK	`c9c6ab99fdd2` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK into japro	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2018-07-22`	EternalJK	`fae0fd307416` Merge branch ‘feature/update-game’ into develop	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2025-05-22`	TaystJK	`94513af80121` · PR #241 Let non-windows users use OpenAL (#241)	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2025-07-05`	TaystJK	`596ad82e8b90` · PR #247 Merge pull request #247 from taysta/revert-linux-oal	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp:496 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp:391