From 6cef5a9d69ff491372e5d4e03c22e8b0644866ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sofoxe1 <22683778+sofoxe1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:38:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] expose pause/play in MixerDeviceSink

---
 src/stream.rs | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index 3b6a736e..d693b3d0 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ impl MixerDeviceSink {
     pub fn mixer(&self) -> &Mixer {
         &self.mixer
     }
+    /// pause underlaying audio stream
+    ///
+    /// this will prevent audio from playing until play() is called
+    pub fn pause(&self) {
+        let _ = self._stream.pause();
+    }
+    /// resumes underlaying audio stream
+    pub fn play(&self) {
+        let _ = self._stream.play();
+    }
 
     /// Access the sink's config.
     pub fn config(&self) -> &DeviceSinkConfig {

From e5b57be64e0b16845227e6d4e0e236a4fe964f13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sofoxe1 <22683778+sofoxe1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:08:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] better document play/pause on MixerDeviceSink

---
 src/stream.rs | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index d693b3d0..07d21ea3 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -54,13 +54,19 @@ impl MixerDeviceSink {
     pub fn mixer(&self) -> &Mixer {
         &self.mixer
     }
-    /// pause underlaying audio stream
+    /// pause underlaying audio stream reducing cpu usage
     ///
-    /// this will prevent audio from playing until play() is called
+    /// will silenty fail to play audio until play() is called
+    ///
+    /// This is an experimental API it is likely to removed once a better solution is found without notice or a change log entry
+    #[cfg(feature = "experimental")]
     pub fn pause(&self) {
         let _ = self._stream.pause();
     }
-    /// resumes underlaying audio stream
+    /// resume underlaying audio stream
+    ///
+    /// This is an experimental API it is likely to removed once a better solution is found without notice or a change log entry
+    #[cfg(feature = "experimental")]
     pub fn play(&self) {
         let _ = self._stream.play();
     }