[wdmaudiodev] Re: Generic Virtual MIDI-driver...

  • From: "Bob" <rfreeze@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:40:01 -0500

There are a lot of things I've put off in life because I thought they
couldn't be done only to wish I hadn't waited because they ended up being
very doable.

If "they" say no, "they" say no.  It won't have cost me anything other than
5 minutes on the phone.



I agree, I would have been happiest if this function already existed in
Windows when I needed it.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tobias Erichsen
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 12:29 PM
> To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Generic Virtual MIDI-driver...
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I'm not sure if MS will let you post this code as a completely
> open-sources variation on sourceforge - but having the ability
> to have multiple people working on such a thing with versioning
> etc. would really be helpful.
> 
> Like I wrote before I would figure it to be a really good
> idea that MS ships this drivers as sample in future DDKs
> and also in form of a binary as part of the standard-distribution
> of the OS (but this is possibly wishful thinking ;-)
> 
> This would also solve the problem of signing the code for
> 64bit usage...
> 
> Tobias
> 
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:10:51 -0500
> > Von: "Bob" <rfreeze@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > An: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Betreff: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Generic Virtual MIDI-driver...
> 
> > 
> > I opened a licensing case with Microsoft.  The gentleman at 
> MS said I
> > should
> > expect something back in less than 3 business days.  He was 
> optimistic
> > about
> > the idea.
> > 
> > Assuming I get permission to do so, I *intend* to open a project at
> > sourceforge.  Hopefully, this is something that will evolve into a
> > properly
> > done, virtual MIDI driver with dynamic port management capability.
> > 
> > 
> > Worst case, I can send out diffs against a specific DDK 
> version sample
> > set.
> > The DDK version I built this with is  3790.1820 (Windows 
> Server 2003 SP1
> > DDK)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Tobias Erichsen
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:59 AM
> > To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Generic Virtual MIDI-driver...
> > 
> > Hi Bob,
> > 
> > as I also legally have access to the DDKs (since NT 4.0) from our
> > MSDN-subscription, no problem should result from that (but as I'm no
> > attorney, possibly someone from MS should comment ;-)
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Tobias
> > 
> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > Datum: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:52:02 -0500
> > > Von: "Bob" <rfreeze@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > An: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Betreff: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Generic Virtual MIDI-driver...
> > 
> > > I agree, but is the source code distributed with them?
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts
> > > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:44 AM
> > > To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Generic Virtual MIDI-driver...
> > > 
> > > Bob wrote:
> > > > To Anybody representing Microsoft:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a problem with releasing modified DDK sample files?
> > > >   
> > > 
> > > There had better not be.  More than 99% of the drivers in 
> the world
> > > today are modified DDK samples.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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