[wdmaudiodev] Applications that appear in volume mixer

  • From: "Alexandra Schoepel \(Ally\)" <Alexandra@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:51:53 -0700

> Hi,
> 
> What qualifies an application to appear in the "volume mixer" (not
> sure if that is the right terminology) on Vista?  
> 
> For instance, if I open notepad, it doesn't appear in the mixer.  On
> the other hand, I have an application that links the libraries for
> dsound and winmm.  It doesn't use any of their functions, yet it is
> appearing in the volume mixer.  This same application queries and sets
> our audio device for properties via the DeviceIOControl functions.
> However, since it isn't playing any audio or using either of the sound
> API's, I wouldn't expect it to actually be in the mixer (nothing to
> mix)?  Any advice?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Ally
> 

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