| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic) |
To retrieve the capabilities of a capture device, call the DirectSoundCapture8.GetCaps method. The parameter to this method is a DSCCAPS type. On return, the type contains the number of channels the device supports as well as a combination of values for supported formats.
On non-WDM drivers, a capture device can be used by only one application at a time. If the driver supports simultaneous use of the device by more than one application, DSCCAPS_MULTIPLECAPTURE is returned in the dwFlags member of DSCCAPS. Each application can set its own format for the capture buffer.