How To Set the Size of the Wave Audio Buffer

 Last reviewed: January 11, 1997
Article ID: Q155358
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows NT and 

  Windows 95

SUMMARY

MCIWAVE driver allocates memory to buffer audio data during playback or recording. This article describes how to use the Control Panel to set the amount of memory allocated by MCIWAVE driver.

MORE INFORMATION

For Windows NT System

  1. Run the Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Drivers icon. 3. Double-click (MCI) Sound in the Installed Drivers list. 4. Scroll the "Seconds" scroll bar to the right or to the left and 
   select a buffer that stores between 2 and 9 seconds of audio data, as
   desired.

For Windows 95 System

  1. Run the Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Multimedia icon. 3. Click the Advanced tab. 4. Double-click Media Control Devices. 5. Double-click Wave Audio Device (Media Control). 6. Click the Settings button. 5. Scroll the "Seconds" scroll bar to the right or to the left and 
   select a buffer that stores between 2 and 9 seconds of audio data, as
   desired.
In both systems, the default setting is 4 seconds.

KBCategory: kbmm kbprg kbhowto
KBSubcategory: MMWave
Additional reference words: 3.50 3.51 4.00 kbdsd wave play record MCI_PLAY
MCI_RECORD



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Last reviewed: January 11, 1997
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