ASIO vs system volume control

Started by Zoe,

Zoe

Hello,

With ASIO on Windows the system volume is ignored, only Xmplay volume is considered.
No issue with WASAPI, but as I know ASIO is better.
Is it possible to mix it in? It doesn't have to be real time, there is already a 20ms buffer for the audio stream.

using
ASIO (1.8)
XMPlay 4.1
C-Media CM6631A with SPDIF

Ian @ un4seen

Are you refering to the volume slider in the system tray? If so, that only applies to Windows' default output, which isn't necessarily the same device that XMPlay is using (via ASIO or other output system). If it does happen to be the same device and its volume control is applied in hardware (not software), then it may also affect the ASIO output, but otherwise not.

ASIO output isn't really different to exclusive-mode WASAPI output (both are unmodified by Windows), so if exclusive-mode WASAPI is working better for you then you could stick with that.