[wdmaudiodev] Re: Why would you want USB Audio 2.0 in Windows?
- From: "LinKai Cheng" <lkchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:06:53 +0800
I couldn't agree more with David!
Supporting USB Audio 2.0 may benefits Microsoft Win 7 as well.
Kai Cheng
Cmedia Electronics, Inc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David A. Hoatson" <dhoatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:53:51 +0800
Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Re: Why would you want USB Audio 2.0 in Windows?
>
>
> Frank,
>
>
>
> Thank you for asking! As Danijel
> mentioned USB Audio 2.0 support is important for higher sample
> rate / higher bit-depth / higher channel count hardware. If the hardware
> does 24-bit 192kHz then USB Audio 1.0 cannot even do 2 channels. Even with
> the more widely used 24-bit 96kHz, then channel count is limited to
> stereo. If someone wants to just use 24-bit 96kHz for 5.1 playback, this
> simply isn't possible with USB Audio 1.0.
>
>
>
> Now that there are more USB Audio 2.0 solutions coming to
> market, each company is having to develop it's own driver... and of course
> each
> will have varying degrees of success. Audio driver development is
> generally not the core competence for a chip-set company so they end up
> having a
> 3rd party company develop the driver. OEMs end up with the "not our fault"
> situation where the chip-set company blames the driver company and the driver
> company isn't being paid to fix bugs. The end result is products that
> don't work very well on Windows but work better on OS X.
>
>
>
> As it is now, all of the USB Audio 2.0 solutions are having
> to be qualified on OS X 10.6 (which does support USB Audio
> 2.0).
>
>
>
> I think the key issue is market acceptance.
> Microsoft never supported audio on FireWire in the OS, and I would say there
> are
> fewer FireWire audio devices on the market as a result. If Microsoft supports
> USB Audio 2.0 in Windows 7 SP1, I think you will see many USB Audio 2.0
> devices
> hit the market.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> David A. Hoatson
>
> Lynx Studio Technology,
> Inc.
>
> www.lynxstudio.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:wdmaudiodev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frank
> Yerrace
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 6:24 PM
> To:
> wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wdmaudiodev] Why would you want
> USB Audio 2.0 in Windows?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> There are occasional questions
> on this list about USB Audio 2.0 support in Windows. We (the Windows sound
> team) are curious to hear specific reasons- scenarios, business, features,
> etc.- that would be enabled if USB Audio 2.0 support was included in
> Windows.
>
>
>
> Are any of you willing to
> share this? The more specific you can be, the better. If you do not want to
> share with the entire list then feel free to send a message to me
> directly.
>
>
>
> Frank
> Yerrace
>
> Microsoft
>
>
>
> This posting is provided "AS
> IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
******************
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/
Other related posts:
