Re: Capture mod. Mic (first) + all Audio (second)

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From: Chris P. [MVP] (msdn_at_chrisnet.net)
Date: 03/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:36:59 -0500

Michael N. wrote:
> Hi @all,
>
> I'm very concerned about the capture abilities of modern sound cards.
>
> Well, I'm programming an application which is able to capture mic data
> and put it out (modified with some effects such as Echo or Gargle).
> Additionally my programe streams background music (DirectShow) and
> plays other effects (DirectSound).
> No problem so far (BTW: I did the thing with the modified mic
> input/output with a latency of about 150 ms... not so good, but it
> works :( I saw another thread here)
>
> What I need now: I need a capture button!!! A feature which capture
> everything to a wav file! Everything: modified mic output + background
> music + effects OR SIMPLY everything which comes out of my speaker.
> The problem is, that I cannot set my capture mixer to "stereo out" or
> something like that. Think of my mic input => I must set it to mic!
>
> So what can I do? Please think of all possibilities... First I thought
> I have to access the primary buffer for reading and write it to a wav
> file. But, you know this doesn't work?!?
> Other possibilities?

Not exactly an elegant solution, but you can take the line-out from the
sound card and feed it into another sound card line-in and capture on the
second sound card.

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