[wdmaudiodev] Re: Changing default endpoint and speaker configuration on Vista

  • From: "Mike Dey" <mdey@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:20:16 -0800

Programmatically is there any way to know the name of the current default audio on Vista? Thanks!


Mike


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barber" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:04 PM
Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Changing default endpoint and speaker configuration on Vista


Frank,

Thanks for the clarification. I suspect you'll find that there are
IHV's who will strongly disagree with MS on this one.

Seems like we've been over this ground before with previous OS releases,
and seen what IHV's end up doing to compensate. OTOH, I'm may just be
getting old and cranky.

--jim


At 12:01 PM 10/18/2006, Frank Yerrace wrote:

Clarifying some of the intent of the design around the Vista audio control panel...

Jim Barber said, "...are you saying that MS wants to avoid IHV control panels/GUI's changing those parameters? ...That would result in the bulk of the audio settings being done in the IHV app and then the user being required to go to the MS property pages only to change the default endpoint and/or the output mode."

And SP said, "What is the best method to launch the Vista UI to allow the user to change it?"

The idea is that the IHV implement extensions to the Vista audio control panel rather than a separate application. Then there is no need for the user to use the Vista audio control panel for some settings and a separate IHV application for other settings. Instead, the user launches the Vista audio control panel, uses the standard tabs in that control panel, and also can visit additional IHV-supplied tabs that show the IHV's custom settings.

Frank Yerrace
Microsoft Corporation
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-----Original Message-----
From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SP
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:22 PM
To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Changing default endpoint and speaker configuration on Vista

I don't believe its possible anymore in Vista.

The reason I asked for a way to launch Vista UI to allow the user to
change the default device was to play nice with Vista's policy.

I agree it is not ideal to send the user outside an application to get
things set up correctly but it would help a lot if we could launch, with
the correct context, the various wizards (such as microphone setup) from
within our installation/configuration programs.  Anyone have
recommendations for this?

John Rennemeyer wrote, On 10/17/2006 8:55 PM:
Actually, on XP, you could change the default playback device by modifying the Sound Mapper registry keys (they don't exist by default, but they are created after you open the audio control panel, change a setting, and then
apply).  I'm trying to achieve the same thing in Vista but have been
unsuccessful so far.

Thank you,



John Rennemeyer





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-----Original Message-----
From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:45 PM
To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Changing default endpoint and speaker
configuration on Vista

Well, on XP, applications couldn't change the default playback device, but
they could change the speaker configuration with DirectSound.

Mike

-----Original Message-----

From:  Larry Osterman <Larry.Osterman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subj:  [wdmaudiodev] Re: Changing default endpoint and speaker
configuration on Vista
Date:  Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:37 pm
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To:  "wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Btw, this isn't change for Vista - applications weren't allowed to change
the defaults in XP either.


-----Original Message-----
From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SP
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:23 PM
To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Changing default endpoint and speaker
configuration on Vista

I have a somewhat related question.

Since we are no longer able to automatically change the default audio
devices in Vista. What is the best method to launch the Vista UI to
allow the user to change it?

Jim Barber wrote, On 10/16/2006 9:04 PM:

Hi Hakon,

Just to be clear, are you saying that MS wants to avoid IHV
control panels/GUI's changing those parameters? Mike wasn't referring
to 3rd-party recording applications. That would result in the bulk of the audio settings being done in the IHV app and then the user being required

to

go to the MS property pages only to change the default endpoint and/or
the output mode. Is this the intent?

Thanks,
--jim

At 06:17 PM 10/16/2006, Hakon Strande wrote:



These are user settings only in Vista. We want to avoid applications
fighting over what device is the default and what speaker config it
thinks the user likes.

The device driver exposes the multi-channel formats the hardware
supports and the OS speaker config exposes these to the user selecting
the configuration with the highest number of channels as the default.

The audio endpoints get set to default based on a prioritized list
starting with Speakers at the top on the render side:

1. Speaker
2. Headphone
3. S/PDIF

As an audio device driver you expose the logical devices supported by
your audio device and the user controls what device is actually used.

Hakon Strande
PM Integrated, Internal, External, and Wireless Audio Devices
MediaTech/DMD/Windows Client/Microsoft

-----Original Message-----
From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael R.
Preston
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:09 PM
To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Changing default endpoint and speaker
configuration on Vista

Can anyone (possibly someone from Microsoft) answer this?

I've been looking through all the MMDevice-related API documentation.
In IMMDeviceEnumerator, there's a function called
GetDefaultAudioEndpoint() to get the default audio endpoint.  How can
you programmatically change the default audio endpoint?  There's no
corresponding SetDefaultAudioEndpoint() function.  Similarly, there
doesn't seem to be any function to set the endpoint's speaker
configuration.  I've tried using the high-level DirectSound interface,
or calling Activate on the IMMDevice interface to get a pointer to
IDirectSound, but neither of these seems to have any effect.  The call
to SetSpeakerConfig() succeeds, but doesn't actually change anything.
Is there any way other than by using the Sound control panel?

Thanks,
Mike Preston
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