[Openal] noob question

[chengann, eds lab]

hi, all:


i am new to openal and hope posting here is appropriate.
i would like to write a sound capture software on xp and vista.

the objective is to capture all sound from a gaming experience
and process it. i was advised to use the generic software mixer
to capture rendered audio. i was wondering if i could capture sound
directly via openal api instead of mixer out? i would like to do
this *without* re-encoding the audio to avoid latency.

can someone throw me a lifeline?

-cheng