if sound file size is about 200mb?

Started by fatihtolgaata May 04, 2004 04:53 PM

1 comment, last by fatihtolgaata 20 years, 9 months ago

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May 04, 2004 04:53 PM

Hi, My program plays a file that is about 200Mb. For example, sometimes it plays begining of file; sometimes it plays 40th minutes of file. So I don''t know what I use for playback system. What do you suggest to me between DirectSound and WinAPI? if I use WinAPIs, does the performance reduce because of file is too big. Thanks..

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DirectXXX

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May 04, 2004 05:07 PM

i think its a wrong forum for this topic. Ok I think DirectSound is desgined for small and frequent running sounds not for such huge data. DirectMusic or DirectShow are designed for such media.

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May 05, 2004 01:50 AM

DirectSound is a fine way to stream sound data to a device. In fact, DirectShow uses DirectSound for actual output.

Whether you use a thread with file loading and buffer locking, or let some system interface take care of that, is up to you. I''d use the thread. (One of the few things I''d use a thread for!)

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