>Was just curious if there was a general mechanism that allowed virtual audio >devices to be implemented in userland rather than as kernel devices. Sounds >like you're saying "no". That's correct, although on this mailing list there seems to be a bit of a groundswell of desire for such a feature. For those of you watching, now is the time to start lobbying your Microsoft contacts with clear specific feedback on problematic scenarios and feature requests. Hopefully some have noticed that we recently finished one OS so it's time to influence the next. This mailing list did influence Windows 7! Frank Yerrace Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Newsham Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:18 PM To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: audio driver questions On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Frank Yerrace <Frank.Yerrace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Frank.Yerrace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: What sort of details are you looking for? The redirection of the audio stream to the network is done within the audio service using software that is specific to desktop and application remoting and can't be repurposed outside of those scenarios. Was just curious if there was a general mechanism that allowed virtual audio devices to be implemented in userland rather than as kernel devices. Sounds like you're saying "no". Frank Yerrace Microsoft Corporation Tim