INF: Setting the Amount of Memory for the Audio Data Buffer

ID Number: Q77694

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WINDOWS

Summary:

The following five steps configure the amount of memory that the

MCIWAVE driver for Microsoft Multimedia Windows uses to buffer audio

data during playback or recording:

1. Run the Control Panel.

2. Select the Drivers icon.

3. Select the WaveAudio driver from the Installed Drivers list box.

4. Double-click the following line in the Installed Drivers list box:

WaveAudio [MCI] Waveform Audio

5. Scroll the "Seconds" scroll bar to the right or to the left and

select a buffer that stores between two and nine seconds of audio

data, as desired.

Alternately, modify the size of the buffer in the SYSTEM.INI file. The

numeric parameter on the "WaveAudio" line in the [mci] section

specifies the size of the buffer. The following is a sample of the

SYSTEM.INI file:

[mci]

WaveAudio=mciwave.drv 4

A four-second buffer is the default setting.

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