There is an option in Sonar to allow Sonar to share audio drivers with other apps > -----Original Message----- > From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eugene > Muzychenko > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:42 AM > To: Neetu Sand > Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: SONAR and KS mode > > Hello Neetu, > > > I am seeing that if SONAR is playing audio in KS mode with > our driver then I > > am not able to stream data from Media player. It shows an error. > > Most likely the driver allows only a single pin instance. When an > application (SONAR) creates a pin instance, Windows audio subsystem is > unable to create another instance for its needs. All MME (WaveOut) and > DirectSound software buffers playback from all applications > go via Windows audio stack and > require only a single pin instance because of software > mixing/conversion. Only KS applications can compete with Windows audio > stack, acquiring pin instances directly. > > Regards, > Eugene > > ****************** > > WDMAUDIODEV addresses: > Post message: mailto:wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subscribe: > mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > Unsubscribe: > mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Moderator: mailto:wdmaudiodev-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > URL to WDMAUDIODEV page: > http://www.wdmaudiodev.com/ > ****************** WDMAUDIODEV addresses: Post message: mailto:wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe Unsubscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Moderator: mailto:wdmaudiodev-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx URL to WDMAUDIODEV page: http://www.wdmaudiodev.com/