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General => MusicBee Wishlist => Topic started by: Rotem K. on April 25, 2011, 12:00:36 PM

Title: Output switch hotkey
Post by: Rotem K. on April 25, 2011, 12:00:36 PM

Steven,

listening to music I have MusicBee's output set to DirectSound > SPDIF.

When I'm done listening and want to switch to something else, say a video, since SPDIF is a bit perfect output and has only one audio session a time, I need to go to preferences menu and switch it back to DirectSound > Speakers to hear anything outside MusicBee.

If it's possible, could you please add an hotkey setting that will switch between the outputs ?

Thanks,
Rotem

Title: Re: Output switch hotkey
Post by: Steven on April 25, 2011, 12:12:11 PM

Quote from: Rotem K. on April 25, 2011, 12:00:36 PM

listening to music I have MusicBee's output set to DirectSound > SPDIF.

did you mean WASAPI -> SPDIF ?

if it is wasapi, it should be releasing the output device from exclusive use when you stop the music file ie. without needing to switch back to directsound

Title: Re: Output switch hotkey
Post by: Rotem K. on April 25, 2011, 12:16:20 PM

Nope, Direct Sound SPDIF

(http://i.imgur.com/YwIFb.jpg)

Title: Re: Output switch hotkey
Post by: Rotem K. on April 25, 2011, 12:20:02 PM

But, WASAPI SPDIF works too, and as you said, releases the hold when nothing is playing.

So unless DirectSound is any better then WASAPI, I guess there's no need for the hotkey as I'll just use that.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Output switch hotkey
Post by: Rotem K. on April 25, 2011, 01:01:56 PM

I'm using the WASAPI SPDIF setting, but there's an issue now every time MusicBee moves between songs.
I have cross-fade on, and every time a song ends there's a gap in the sound, where the WASAPI releases the output exclusivity, and then gain it again for the next song.

"UNLOCKED' and then "PCM 2/0" appears on the receiver.

Also the first half second of any song I manually start gets cut with the same issue. like a delay till the WASAPI or the receiver gets the output or playback going.

Is there anything that can be done about this ?

Title: Re: Output switch hotkey
Post by: Steven on April 25, 2011, 01:24:28 PM

if you have cross-fading enabled in the player preferences then there should only be one continous stream until you click the stop button. I will probably need to report this to the bass developer so you will need to go back to using directsound for now

Title: Re: Output switch hotkey
Post by: Rotem K. on April 25, 2011, 02:08:20 PM

Okay, Thanks for the help!