Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic)

DirectSound8

The DirectSound8 class represents the DirectSound playback system. Applications use the methods of the DirectSound8 class to create buffer objects and set up the audio environment.

An object of this class is obtained by using the DirectX8.DirectSoundCreate method.

The DirectSound8 class has the following methods.

Buffer creation

Method	Description
CreatePrimarySoundBuffer	Creates a primary buffer object.
CreateSoundBuffer	Creates a buffer to hold a sequence of audio samples.
CreateSoundBufferFromFile	Creates a buffer and fills it with data from a file.
CreateSoundBufferFromResource	Creates a buffer and fills it with data from a resource.
DuplicateSoundBuffer	Creates a new buffer that duplicates or shares the original buffer's memory.

Devices

Method	Description
GetCaps	Retrieves the capabilities of the hardware device.

Initialization

Method	Description
SetCooperativeLevel	Sets the cooperative level of the application for this sound device.

Speaker configuration

Method	Description
GetSpeakerConfig	Retrieves the speaker configuration.
SetSpeakerConfig	Specifies the speaker configuration of the DirectSound object.