DirectSound Buffers

This section covers the creation and management of DirectSoundBuffer objects, which are the fundamental mechanism for playing sounds. The following topics are discussed:

• Buffer Basics
• Static and Streaming Sound Buffers
• Creating Secondary Buffers
• Buffer Control Options
• Access to the Primary Buffer
• Playing Sounds
• Playback Controls
• Current Play and Write Positions
• Play Buffer Notification
• Mixing Sounds
• Custom Mixers
• Buffer Management
• Compressed Wave Formats

Most of the information in this section applies to 3-D sound buffers as well. For information specific to the IDirectSound3DBuffer interface, see DirectSound 3-D Buffers.

For information about capture buffers, see DirectSoundCapture.