es">The value given by <i>time</i> is absolute; to abort a stream after a given number of seconds have elapsed, you need to know the present time.&nbsp; This can be retrieved through system calls such as <b>gettimeofday()</b>.</font>

<p><font face="Times">This method returns immediately--it doesn't wait for the stream to abort.&nbsp; A <b>soundStreamDidAbort:deviceReserved: </b>message is sent to the NXSoundStream's delegate when the abortion is performed.</font>

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