Vista and SDL_Mixer and X-Fi

SDL Development
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I have Vista and a X-Fi card and every once in and awhile the app will lock
up? It says I am using Dsound as a driver?

if(Mix_OpenAudio(44100, MIX_DEFAULT_FORMAT, 2, 4096) != 0)

that is how I setup the sound.

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Hello !

I have Vista and a X-Fi card and every once in and awhile the app will
lock
up? It says I am using Dsound as a driver?

What SDL and SDL_mixer version do you use ?
Try to start the playmus example that comes
with SDL_mixer and let it play an IT file for
a longer time. Does it also locks up ?

CU

3

SDL 1.2.11 and mixer 1.2.7

I will try that later tonight if I get a chance or sometime this weekend.

Thanks> ----- Original Message -----

From: sdl-bounces@lists.libsdl.org [mailto:sdl-bounces at lists.libsdl.org] On
Behalf Of Torsten Giebl
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:35 AM
To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce)
Subject: Re: [SDL] Vista and SDL_Mixer and X-Fi

Hello !

I have Vista and a X-Fi card and every once in and awhile the app will
lock
up? It says I am using Dsound as a driver?

What SDL and SDL_mixer version do you use ?
Try to start the playmus example that comes
with SDL_mixer and let it play an IT file for
a longer time. Does it also locks up ?

CU

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4

Hello !

SDL 1.2.11 and mixer 1.2.7

I will try that later tonight if I get a chance or sometime this weekend.

Please try also the latest SVN versions
from SDL and SDL_mixer. A log of bugfixes in
there.

SDL:

svn checkout http://svn.libsdl.org/branches/SDL-1.2

SDL_mixer:

svn checkout http://svn.libsdl.org/trunk/SDL_mixer

CU

5

Ok, not sure what to do here? But I play a song once through and it never
locks up… I also can’t select more than 2 channels? X-Fi should have 5.1?> ----- Original Message -----

From: sdl-bounces@lists.libsdl.org [mailto:sdl-bounces at lists.libsdl.org] On
Behalf Of Torsten Giebl
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:35 AM
To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce)
Subject: Re: [SDL] Vista and SDL_Mixer and X-Fi

Hello !

I have Vista and a X-Fi card and every once in and awhile the app will
lock
up? It says I am using Dsound as a driver?

What SDL and SDL_mixer version do you use ?
Try to start the playmus example that comes
with SDL_mixer and let it play an IT file for
a longer time. Does it also locks up ?

CU

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SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

6

Hello !

Ok, not sure what to do here? But I play a song once through and it never
locks up…

Another thing you can try, if it says you are using DSound,
before you start the game/app, type in MSYS export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout
and then after that start the game/app within the same MSYS shell.

Also possible to test the dummy audiodriver export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dummy

I also can’t select more than 2 channels? X-Fi should have
5.1?

SDL and SDL_mixer were designed in a time,
when normal stereo cards were up to date :slight_smile:

Does the SDL_sound library supports more than
stereo ? Ryan ?

CU