* -PA_ERR_NOENTITY. */
int pa_format_info_get_rate(pa_format_info *f, uint32_t *rate);
+/* Gets the channel count stored in the format info. Returns a negative error
+ * code on failure. If the channels property is not set at all, returns
+ * -PA_ERR_NOENTITY. */
+int pa_format_info_get_channels(pa_format_info *f, uint8_t *channels);
+
/* For compressed formats. Converts the format info into a sample spec and a
* channel map that an ALSA device can use as its configuration parameters when
* playing back the compressed data. That is, the returned sample spec doesn't