Comments on: XAudio2 - The replacement to DirectSound. http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/ General rants about useful, funny and annoying stuff written in a General Blog by Mad Dozza Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kenneth Sena http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-2542 Kenneth Sena Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:59:32 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-2542 Thanks for the resource link in Xaudio2, this is a big help for developers like us.. :) Thanks for the resource link in Xaudio2, this is a big help for developers like us.. :)

]]> By: Tim Reynolds http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-2450 Tim Reynolds Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:01:25 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-2450 Nice post. Thank you for the info. Keep it up. Nice post. Thank you for the info. Keep it up.

]]> By: richard E utlities http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1990 richard E utlities Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:09:42 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1990 That's true, going through the tutorials is just a big headache along with waiting for next release. I think sometimes its just a waste of time. Anyways your article is good. That’s true, going through the tutorials is just a big headache along with waiting for next release. I think sometimes its just a waste of time. Anyways your article is good.

]]> By: James http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1851 James Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:46:59 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1851 Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James. Hi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.

]]> By: andy evan http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1826 andy evan Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:36:03 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1826 Well its now well into september and I put a entry on the msdn C++ forum asking about this, no replies yet. Audio should be so easy, get a buffer, put your data into it, have something (callback, flag, windows message etc) tell you the buffer is say 1/4 full and put more data in. Instead Ive found as you say even in the August 08 release the three examples. Great if you just want to play a wav file, or if you want a rediculously complicated game sound. All I want to do is play PCM from my program. Should be very very easy. But the streaming example is horrendous and requires you to use special tools to create buffers etc. After two weeks I went back to the 2007 SDK and found all the DirectSound examples (that have been removed in 2008) there, except annoyingly the streaming example. But I found that one on the web. Seems to be a bigger and bigger hill to climb evertime theres a release. And they often dont complile either, the new 2008 SDK doesnt compile on the 2008 Visual Studio pro unless you include the tools library in the exectutable directories. And if you're on VC6 a huge bunch of linker errors have to be resolved!! All very frustrating for something you would expect to have working in a day. My call right now...unless someone provides an example for XAudio2 that doesnt require sounds banks to be created etc I'm going back to DirectSound. At least I have some chance with that. Well its now well into september and I put a entry on the msdn C++ forum asking about this, no replies yet.
Audio should be so easy, get a buffer, put your data into it, have something (callback, flag, windows message etc) tell you the buffer is say 1/4 full and put more data in.

Instead Ive found as you say even in the August 08 release the three examples. Great if you just want to play a wav file, or if you want a rediculously complicated game sound. All I want to do is play PCM from my program. Should be very very easy. But the streaming example is horrendous and requires you to use special tools to create buffers etc.

After two weeks I went back to the 2007 SDK and found all the DirectSound examples (that have been removed in 2008) there, except annoyingly the streaming example. But I found that one on the web.

Seems to be a bigger and bigger hill to climb evertime theres a release. And they often dont complile either, the new 2008 SDK doesnt compile on the 2008 Visual Studio pro unless you include the tools library in the exectutable directories. And if you’re on VC6 a huge bunch of linker errors have to be resolved!!

All very frustrating for something you would expect to have working in a day.

My call right now…unless someone provides an example for XAudio2 that doesnt require sounds banks to be created etc I’m going back to DirectSound. At least I have some chance with that.

]]> By: Modifiye http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1800 Modifiye Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:30:43 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1800 it's a good article. thank you very much. it’s a good article. thank you very much.

]]> By: David Stein http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1539 David Stein Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:22:18 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1539 Yeah, I've embarked on the same journey of despair and frustration. I need some audio support for a .NET DJing application that I'm writing. Regrettably, of the dozens of options out there - legacy DirectSound, *really* legacy WinMM interop, DirectShow via Mp3Sharp, XAudio2, interfacing with Windows Media Player, etc. - none of them meet my needs (or even seem well-coded!) Multimedia programming on .NET is pretty much dead for the moment. This is outrageous, and the duration of this deadlock is unguessable. :( - David Stein Yeah, I’ve embarked on the same journey of despair and frustration. I need some audio support for a .NET DJing application that I’m writing. Regrettably, of the dozens of options out there - legacy DirectSound, *really* legacy WinMM interop, DirectShow via Mp3Sharp, XAudio2, interfacing with Windows Media Player, etc. - none of them meet my needs (or even seem well-coded!)

Multimedia programming on .NET is pretty much dead for the moment. This is outrageous, and the duration of this deadlock is unguessable. :(

- David Stein

]]> By: MadDozza http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1424 MadDozza Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:32:07 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1424 Been very busy, but will write more soon. Been very busy, but will write more soon.

]]> By: Ann http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1423 Ann Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:18:37 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1423 I love your site... But what's going on - the last article you posted was written on April 18th... I hope you didn't loose your enthusiasm! I love your site… But what’s going on - the last article you posted was written on April 18th… I hope you didn’t loose your enthusiasm!

]]> By: Import from China http://blog.maddozza.com/xaudio2-the-replacement-to-directsound/29/#comment-1415 Import from China Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:32:21 +0000 http://blog.maddozza.com/?p=29#comment-1415 I came across this blog the other day and you got some great info here - thanks. I came across this blog the other day and you got some great info here - thanks.

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