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Old 2010-11-17, 05:34 PM
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Re: Standalone FLAC player to connect to HiFi

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Originally Posted by direwolf-pgh View Post
correct. wasapi was written by microsoft and introduced in Vista / now featured in Windows 7
(ASIO is an early implementation and should be used with XP)

in layman terms, it allows the playback client to take full control of the audio stream (exclusive mode) and 'speak directly' to the audio driver/soundcard. the direct path allows for a bitperfect stream output.

before wasapi the OS would/could/does 'mess and mix' the sound output -depending on playback variables.
currently OS X and Linux do not offer a bitperfect solution ATM and microsoft media products do not currently support their own wasapi code yet..go figure.
okay so does this mean that the wdm drivers actually work correctly now

does asio get any less lag as a result?

currently I'm using asio on xp (upgrade from wdm) for recording. I'd like to try this asio4all with foobar2000 at some point because it was described as "bit-accurate" but according to yer post it never was

right? I really don't get the low level stuff thx for your patience!
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