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Bitstreaming - behavior during pause (WASAPI exclusive issue)

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Awesome Donkey:

--- Quote from: htnut on March 01, 2023, 10:11:02 am ---If I use the WDM driver, should I be able to play Zoom Player audio while MC30 has an Atmos BD on pause?

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No, that would defeat the purpose of exclusive mode. If you want to play anything else, you have to stop playback (and not pause playback) or not use exclusive mode, which means no bitstreaming. There's no other way to accomplish what you want to do, it's either use exclusive mode and stop playback or disable exclusive mode and lose bitstreaming.

htnut:
Hendrik or Awesome Donkey:

I consulted a friend, an audio software engineer, hoping to find a solution using some virtual audio driver or such.  Admittedly, my use-case is unusual and not "mainstream" (I'll explain the lengthy details if you wish).

My friend suggested I ask for a long-shot, he knows it is technically easy but would require a non-trivial addition of code to MC... The enhancement to MC (certainly a non-default option/checkbox):  Close the WASAPI stream on pause. I know that then the audio stream will "reset" when I click "play" again resulting in a delay, but wow it would sure make my "home theater cinema experience" I've designed much more seamless.

Thanks for considering, or if you can direct me who to send the humble request to   ;D

Hendrik:
We are not aiming to change the pause behavior at this time, sorry.

htnut:
To be clear, my request is not a change of pause behavior but the addition of an OPTION to have pause/play close/reopen the stream.

Thanks for the reply.

JimH:
Use Stop instead of Pause.

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