powerade01 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Hey In dxdiag, there isnt a option anymore to reduce sound accelaration. How do you do it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted September 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 21, 2009 If you have a card like a Creative Labs one you can disable the hardware enhancements in the Playback devices>Enhancements tab of the sound control panel. It's labeled "Audio Enhancements" if it's available. DirectSound doesn't have a hardware abstraction layer anymore. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591607014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerade01 Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 If you have a card like a Creative Labs one you can disable the hardware enhancements in the Playback devices>Enhancements tab of the sound control panel. It's labeled "Audio Enhancements" if it's available. DirectSound doesn't have a hardware abstraction layer anymore. Could you give a screen shot please? I didnt understand very well where it is located. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591607082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athernar Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 If you're talking about DirectSound, there is no longer any hardware acceleration since Vista due to the new HAL-less audio stack. It's emulated as DirectSound is deprecated in favour of XAudio 2. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591607296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Can I ask the reasons why you want to disable such a feature? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591607310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted September 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 21, 2009 Could you give a screen shot please? I didnt understand very well where it is located. Right-click on your speaker icon in the system tray and select "Playback devices". 1. Select your speakers 2. Click Properties 3. This box will have an checkbox to disable the hardware acceleration if the option is available. (It should be there if you have a Creative card and are using their drivers rather than the ones from Windows Update.) If it is Creative and you're trying to disable enhancements because you are having trouble with WMP or other applications complaining about enhancements there's a fix for that on Windows 7 x64 (courtesy of daniel_k @ forums.creative.com): - Open a Command Prompt window with Admin privileges (Run As Admin).- Type C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Addcat.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UDAAPO64.UDA - Close the window and restart Windows. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591607344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted September 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 21, 2009 Can I ask the reasons why you want to disable such a feature? That's why I asked about his sound card brand. Creative's current drivers are broken and the hardware acceleration screws everything up due to a typo in the installer. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591607380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerade01 Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 Im using a Audigy 2 ZS and that option does not show up. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591607968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 That's why I asked about his sound card brand. Creative's current drivers are broken and the hardware acceleration screws everything up due to a typo in the installer. :( Ahh, I use PAX's audio drivers and never had a problem with them, Creative drivers on the other hand. *facepalms* Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/825902-disable-sound-accelaration-in-windows-7/#findComment-591610270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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