Eugene Gavrilov schrieb:
That would be great, but how do you do that without unloading the driver? My understanding was so far that this is not possible. Please correct me if I´m wrong. Unloading the driver is not an option for me, because the driver has to control the hardware all the time the hardware is present. The driver is also needed for the other intefaces (ASIO / GSIF).Uwe, Thank you for your suggestion. I'm currently considering two options (I'm not sure which is the best from the end-user point of view): * declare only current sample rate in the Vista control panel, and use custom control panel for sample rate switch (it will be automatic for external sources)
That was more or less what I suggested I think. From the end-user point of view this is of course bad. If you think of a MADI interface for example. It supports 64 channels of audio of the same rate. If the hardwares samplerate changes the user has to switch the format 64 times within the vista control panel (32 times record, 32 times playback). I think I would have gone crasy before I have finished changing the SF.* declare all supported sample rates, but fail any request to change the rate unless it is equal to the hardware's.
In my oppinion the audio driver writes are not responsible for this basic vista flaw. Its not acceptable for us to unload/load or even install a driver just because the samplerate changes. If all companiesagree microsoft will provide a bugfix soon.Yes, I agree this needs to be re-designed. For instance, my driver supports ASIO, and an ASIO host can change audio card's sample rate based on the project currently open. My ASIO driver communicates with the kernel-level component without any need for WinMM/KS/etc, but it cannot set 'preferred sample rate' for WinMM applications. Most of the applications on the marked do not support Vista's 'exclusive mode' and it is not fast enough because it is still KS-based, that's why ASIO and GSIF are still necessary.
I fully agree with you. /Uwe ****************** 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/
