AW: [Openal] "Generic Hardware" / "Generic Software"

[Katharina Garbe]

Hi Jason,

 

I forgot to say my soundcard is an Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio
Controller [A-2/A-3] which uses SoundMAX Digital Audio. I have just
installed the latest drivers and in addition Everest Home of Lavalys
(http://www.lavalys.com/) which tells me more on the Audio facilities on my
PC. So, it seems my hardware does not support DS3D nor EAX 1,2 or 3 .
I have indeed installed the DirectX SDK (April 2007) beforehand, as I have
been doing some programming with DirectX before starting with OpenAL. Funny,
I didn't realize my hardware doesn't support DS3D! 
 
Thanks a lot though for your help!
 
 
Cheers,
 
Katharina
 
 
 

 

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Von: Jason Daly [mailto:jdaly at ist.ucf.edu] 
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Juni 2007 17:49
An: Katharina Garbe
Cc: openal at opensource.creative.com
Betreff: Re: [Openal] "Generic Hardware" / "Generic Software"

 

Katharina Garbe wrote: 

 

Any hints how I can get DS3D working?

Your help would be much appreciated.

 


What hardware are you using?  In order to support the DS3D path through
OpenAL, your hardware needs to have DS3D support.  If it doesn't, OpenAL
will fall back to the DirectSound and/or MMSYSTEM paths.  This is why you
see the default device as DirectSound3D, but the device you actually open is
DirectSound.

If you know your hardware supports DirectSound3D, try installing the latest
drivers.  It wouldn't hurt to get the latest DirectX runtime from Microsoft
either.




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--"J"
 
"I'm a castaway stranded in a desolate land,
 I can see the footprints in the virtual sand."
        --Neil Peart
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