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Thanks for filling in the information gap

Posted by Charles Hansen (M) on September 17, 2017 at 12:16:15

In Reply to: RE: Computer Audio Basics posted by PAR on September 17, 2017 at 01:44:10:

>> use a WASAPI or ASIO session or use kernel streaming. <<

Hi PAR,

Thanks for adding this in. It's been so long that I've done anything besides this that I took it for granted and forgot this was a necessary step. I've primarily used Foobar and JRiver and they offer a selection of the output mode. when you select one of the above, it works as described. If I forget to turn off Foobar (even if it isn't playing anything), the audio for Skype doesn't work.

But one can also select things like Direct Sound (the default Windows system that sends everything through the mixer) and then you have to know the native sample rate ahead of time and click a half-dozen boxes to change the sample rate of the Windows audio system. Mac is similar, but there is no way to get automatic switching without a 3rd-party program - iTunes (which is free, just as Foobar is free) not only requires all of the above steps but also that you have to quit iTunes before making the changes and then restarting it again.

I have no idea if Windows Media Player (the free program that comes with Windows) allows the selection of WASAPI output (or similar).

Thanks for the correction and clarification.

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