DirectSound

NeuroticFreak · 5th May 2001, 02:50

Does direct sound give higher quality sound than wave out Im just wondering?

Flynnz · 5th May 2001, 05:22

Hahaha... I just popped in here to see if there was anything about what's new in 2.75 but felt compelled to answer your question (I never come to the forums anymore).

In short, you're lucky.

Answer: No.

SNYder · 5th May 2001, 06:30

hmmm... ummm... i can listen to more then one wav at a time. but ive been using direct sound. i just figured it was better. is the anny advantage or disadvantage to using direct sound if you have the ability to listen to more then one wav?

note. im using soundblaster live plantinum 5.1

rm' · 5th May 2001, 07:11

waveOut will directly harness this awesome computing power of your soundcard. DirectSound must process the sound through DirectX drivers (surprise surprise... the DirectSound drivers) before sending it to the soundcard. Stick with waveOut.

In short, DS is Windows/Software based. waveOut is hardware based.

griffinn · 5th May 2001, 09:38

Quote:

Originally posted by sawg
DirectSound is really only there if your system cannot display two wave sounds at one (i.e. Winamp and system sounds). Most newer systems do not have this problem.

But for sound cards that really can't play two sounds at once (like the SB PCI 128 I have in the office), using DirectSound in Winamp is potentially disastrous. When Winamp is already playing through DirectSound, and Windows attempts to play another sound through the normal WaveOut (e.g. the system's ding.wav), your sound card can't handle multiplexing but tries to do it anyway. The result varies:

You may get horribly garbled sound
Explorer.exe may bomb on an Illegal Operation error
You may get the Blue Screen o' Death

And I learned it the hard way.

SNYder · 5th May 2001, 11:12

Quote:

Originally posted by Radioactive Man
waveOut will directly harness this awesome computing power of your soundcard. DirectSound must process the sound through DirectX drivers (surprise surprise... the DirectSound drivers) before sending it to the soundcard. Stick with waveOut.

In short, DS is Windows/Software based. waveOut is hardware based.

harness the true power of my soundcard... hmmm... well i have a soundblaster live, so I guess there is a lot of power to harness, but just how much better is the sound if i use waveout compared to directsound? posatives and negatives?

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5th May 2001, 02:50	#1
NeuroticFreak Junior Member Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 3	Does direct sound give higher quality sound than wave out Im just wondering?

5th May 2001, 05:22	#2
Flynnz Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: mostly not here anymore Posts: 855	Hahaha... I just popped in here to see if there was anything about what's new in 2.75 but felt compelled to answer your question (I never come to the forums anymore). In short, you're lucky. Answer: No.

5th May 2001, 06:30	#3
SNYder Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,432	hmmm... ummm... i can listen to more then one wav at a time. but ive been using direct sound. i just figured it was better. is the anny advantage or disadvantage to using direct sound if you have the ability to listen to more then one wav? note. im using soundblaster live plantinum 5.1

5th May 2001, 07:11	#4
rm' Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 11,361	waveOut will directly harness this awesome computing power of your soundcard. DirectSound must process the sound through DirectX drivers (surprise surprise... the DirectSound drivers) before sending it to the soundcard. Stick with waveOut. In short, DS is Windows/Software based. waveOut is hardware based.