- Introduction |
- Hardware |
- Software |
- Sound Quality |
- Reference |
- Enjoy
An introduction to computer audio
- Amplifier
- ASIO driver
- Audio cables
- Bit perfect jitter
- Bits: 16 or 24
- Clock
- Crossover
- CDtext
- CDP vs DAP
- Cue sheet
- DAC
- Digital cable
- Direct Sound
- DLNA
- Driver
- DSP
- FireWire
- Headphone listening
- Hearing
- I2S
- ID3
- Kernel Streaming
- Memory player
- Music Server
- Perception
- Performance
- RAID
- Ripping
- RFI
- Router
- Sampling, up and over
- Sample Rate Conversion
- S/PDIF
- Tagging
- Toslink
- Transcoding
- Units
- UPnP
- USB
- VST
- WASAPI
- WAV
- Wave Out
Kernel Streaming
Compared with wave out method, kernel streaming requires less CPU time.
It also bypasses KMixer and Windows volume control.
It has a lower latency.
Drivers like ASIO4ALL use this to bypass Kmixer.
It probably won't work with Vista or Win7.
Kernel Streaming is known to work on certain Windows Vista and Windows 7 configurations, but not with devices having WaveRT drivers such as High Definition Audio Devices integrated with newer motherboards
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