Robert Bielik wrote: > > I know, I was more refering to the problems the signing process would > involve due to > the solution not being "officially blessed" as you put it :) I don't think that introduces any "unique" problems, beyond the normal APO development issues. Most of the magic falls in the category of "registry hacking," making it appear as though your APO was actually delivered with the hardware. > Ok. Guess it's a fact then. But how about this solution: Create a sw > only audio device which > acts as a virtual cable, with the rendered output appearing as an > input (I've actually made one > of these before, based on MSVAD), then have a user-mode service which > just pipes the audio from > the device to the default Windows output device? Then the DSP > processing would take place in the sw only > audio device, or the service :) Absolutely. If it's acceptable to use a separate output device, you can do that kind of thing without even crossing the line to "unblessed". -- Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. ****************** WDMAUDIODEV addresses: Post message: mailto:wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe Unsubscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Moderator: mailto:wdmaudiodev-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx URL to WDMAUDIODEV page: http://www.wdmaudiodev.com/