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<blockquote data-quote="Owlsroost" data-source="post: 637970" data-attributes="member: 83973">Out of curiosity, why the concentration on getting WASAPI working at this early stage ?My memory of the fun-and-games James had when WASAPI support was added to ReClock suggests that it's not very well implemented by some sound drivers, and surely getting the core functionality tested by as many people as possible using DirectSound is the important first step, followed by multi-channel support.As far as I can see, the main feature WASAPI gets you is the ability to control the output channel format over HDMI to match the source e.g. so that stereo is seen as stereo by the AV receiver and doesn't get upmixed by Windows to match the speaker layout set in the sound control panel. WASAPI doesn't guarantee 'bit-perfect' output, it's just a more direct way of talking to the sound drivers, like ASIO (and KS on XP) - as far as I know.Tony</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Owlsroost, post: 637970, member: 83973"] Out of curiosity, why the concentration on getting WASAPI working at this early stage ? My memory of the fun-and-games James had when WASAPI support was added to ReClock suggests that it's not very well implemented by some sound drivers, and surely getting the core functionality tested by as many people as possible using DirectSound is the important first step, followed by multi-channel support. As far as I can see, the main feature WASAPI gets you is the ability to control the output channel format over HDMI to match the source e.g. so that stereo is seen as stereo by the AV receiver and doesn't get upmixed by Windows to match the speaker layout set in the sound control panel. WASAPI doesn't guarantee 'bit-perfect' output, it's just a more direct way of talking to the sound drivers, like ASIO (and KS on XP) - as far as I know. Tony [/QUOTE]

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