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Windows legacy audio components

This article describes audio APIs and components in Microsoft Windows which are now obsolete or deprecated.

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Multimedia Extensions (MME)

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Audio Compression Manager

DirectX Audio Libraries

KMixer

Kernel Streaming

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Windows legacy audio components

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples14
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1

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windows audio kmixer kernel streaming mme acm sound driver multimedia also mixing support directsound xp device 98 use microsoft api

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WAV or AVI as ainstance ofACM files also use RIFF-compatible filetypes0.80text
AC-3 or WMA over S/PDIFinstance ofand DirectShow APIs support non-PCM formats0.80text
non-PCM data goes directly to the class driver instead of going through KMixer.A new kernel-mode APIinstance ofand DirectShow APIs support non-PCM formats0.80text
Direct Kernel Streaminginstance ofand DirectShow APIs support non-PCM formats0.80text
was also introduced in Windows 98 in order to bypass the KMixerinstance ofand DirectShow APIs support non-PCM formats0.80text
avoid problems associated with it.KMixer does not alter the sound in the majority of casesinstance ofand DirectShow APIs support non-PCM formats0.80text
full screen games may also use this way to bypass KMixer.KMixer was removed in Windows Vistainstance ofsoftware0.80text
sound cardsinstance ofIt enables efficient real-time streaming for multimedia devices0.80text
TV tuner cardsinstance ofIt enables efficient real-time streaming for multimedia devices0.80text
JRiver Media Centerinstance ofAVStream.Music players0.80text
JPLAYinstance ofAVStream.Music players0.80text
foobar2000instance ofAVStream.Music players0.80text

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