Tag: Audio

Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1

It is the first time ever – because probably I am not as experienced as Geraint – I witness availability of IMediaSample interface without availability of IMediaSample2. One might be curious what kind of software could provide such a weirdo in 2010? It is latest and greatest Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1. Additionally to…

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Windows Media Codec List

Windows Media Codec List utility uses IWMCodecInfo interface (see also IWMCodecInfo2, IWMCodecInfo3) lists installed Windows Media Codecs and their formats and presents the findings in a convenient way. The utility gives a quick idea what a programmer would obtain through IWMCodecInfo2/IWMCodecInfo3 interfaces and what well known format structures (WM_MEDIA_TYPE, AM_MEDIA_TYPE, WAVEFORMATEX, VIDEOINFOHEADER) correspond to particular…

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Confusing AUDIO_STREAM_CONFIG_CAPS

I don’t have any idea who makes software nowadays, but how can it expected to be reliable? Intel DG33FBC motherboard, onboard Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio. I am tracing AUDIO_STREAM_CONFIG_CAPS capabilities reported by onboard audio capture board, one of them: AM_MEDIA_TYPE: majortype {73647561-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}, subtype {00000001-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}, pUnk 0x00000000 bFixedSizeSamples 1, bTemporalCompression 0, lSampleSize 4 formattype {05589F81-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A},…

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Multichannel audio recording

There has been recently an interesting post “Problem playing back multi-channel wave file under vista” on DirectShow Development forum about certain hardware that is capable of recording 64 channels of audio in 24-bit per sample PCM quality, with a sample recorded .WAV file posted. I was curious what kind of hardware implements such recording. Google…

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