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----- Original Message ----- From: dsr at tao.merseine.nu Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:51:01 +0000 To: discuss at blu.org Subject: Re: Windows audio problem > On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 02:04:53PM +0900, Derek Martin wrote: > > I'm not sure why playing CD audio is so resource intensive on recent > > Windows systems... > > [I've heard that it's] because rather than simply telling the sound card > to accept the input from the CD player's analog output and amplify it, > the new default in Windows is to read the raw data, correct it, and run > it through a DSP. Imagine if you needed to use cdparanoia to read all > your audio disks... I discovered a setting to change the playback from Digital (default) to Analog, and the problem remained afterwards. -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com.
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