Why did MS dump DirectSound ?

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Just trying to figure out why Microsoft dumped DirectSound. DRM is the
only justification I can come up with.

JD
 
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&product=15855

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Carey Frisch
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Thanks for the links. I like the part that says :

"... which allows compliant audio hardware to automatically work under
Windows without needing device drivers from the audio hardware
vendor."

Does anyone know of a card that will fulfill this prophecy while
delivering true 5.1 or 7.1 audio ?

JD
 
Carey said:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?
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category=1&subcategory=208&product=15855

Personally, I'd stay away from Creative products. Many driver problems
over the last few years.

I just look for a mobo with sound integrated with a digital output (coax
and/or optical as my Kenwood receiver can handle either).

That way I use a real stereo receiver to do the DAC decoding.

I see computer sound chips/cards as just a passthru to real stereo
equipment, but it is only really worth it, if you listen to a lot of
lossless audio files, and/or watch a lot of video with surround sound.

I do both, so the investment was worth it for me, though my thirteen year
old niece is always telling me to turn it down! :)

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kurttrail said:
category=1&subcategory=208&product=15855

Personally, I'd stay away from Creative products. Many driver problems
over the last few years.

I just look for a mobo with sound integrated with a digital output (coax
and/or optical as my Kenwood receiver can handle either).

That way I use a real stereo receiver to do the DAC decoding.

I see computer sound chips/cards as just a passthru to real stereo
equipment, but it is only really worth it, if you listen to a lot of
lossless audio files, and/or watch a lot of video with surround sound.

I do both, so the investment was worth it for me, though my thirteen year
old niece is always telling me to turn it down! :)

--
Peace!
Kurt
Former Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
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Gave up Ceative as well, went with the Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-e. Sound
quality is like night & day to the Creative X-Fi. And it does EAX and
DirectSound conversion.
 
Personally, I'd stay away from Creative products. Many driver problems
over the last few years.
Click to expand...

To the best of my knowledge Creative is the only company to offer a
surround-sound support by using their Creative ALchemy which evidently
intercepts DirectSound calls and re-routes to the Open-AL API. As a
Linux enhusiast you will appreciate the irony.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAL

JD
 
Gave up Ceative as well, went with the Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-e. Sound
quality is like night & day to the Creative X-Fi. And it does EAX and
DirectSound conversion.
Click to expand...

If you're talking about the $180 card that Newegg has, I think my wife
would shoot first and ask questions later ! It's interesting to see
that it has ASIO 2.0 support though.

JD
 
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