Which name are you referring to? In my case, the name seen in the Volume Mixer, or the list of audio devices is "Speakers (Friendly_name_in_here)". I'm guessing this can be overridden by entering a custom GUID in the Name field in the KSPIN_DESCRIPTOR struct within the PCPIN_DESCRIPTOR struct. Just a guess. Philip Lukidis > -----Original Message----- > From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of uwe kirst > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:52 PM > To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Vista: multichannel playback > > > Mitchell Rundle wrote: > > >At what point are you getting this error message, when you > create the pin? If so, what format are you using, > specifically which variant of 5.1? > > > >Regards, > >Mitch Rundle > > > > > > > It seems that I must correct myself. The playback with > ksstudio does not > even work under XP. But anyway the problem still exists: > Using the media player under XP I can play the file > "6_Channel_ID.wav" > (download from microsoft) without any problems. > > The format is: > bits per sample = 16, > samples per frame = 6, > frames per second = 44100, > cbSize = 22 > > Doing the same under Vista results in a 2 channel mixdown. > Today I have created a new driver version which uses > KSNODETYPE_SPEAKER > instead of KSNODETYPE_LINE_CONNECTOR. With the newer Version > I can play > the file, but I can not assign a individual name to my > device. It's now > called "SPEAKER". > Do you know a way howto do both: Multichannel playback + my > own device name? > > Thanks, > /Uwe > ****************** > > 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/ ****************** 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/