Help with Kernel Streaming.

[Gerard]

Hi Peter,

First great that you have it finished by now! 

Can you help me with this. See pic's below.

You talk about changing name of the device in the release note's.

How do i do that and in what name?

Thanx!

[Gerard]

Sorry,

When i changed it into E-DSP WAVE [ccoo]

I have sound....


 

[jkeny]

I use Win XP & HiFace USB transport but get the same message above - I don't think I can change the name to the name it is looking for in the log "HIFACE Kernel Streaming" ?

[Gerard]

I use Win XP & HiFace USB transport but get the same message above - I don't think I can change the name to the name it is looking for in the log "HIFACE Kernel Streaming" ?

try to change it into SigmaTel C-Major Audio

In the taskbar tray click on the sound device.


 

[PeterSt]

Hi Gerard,

Yes, good example, and congrats you did it (now hope the sound is better).

It is something like (inyour example) :

If the NameAttempt (E-DSP WAVE) is contained in your DeviceName (E-DSP [c00]    as you set it) or the other way around, it will match.

The tricky part is the || Luidsprekers because this is what Vista/W7 adds on the second line of the device properties (Luidsprekers) and wich shouldn't be there at all but shows as a combined name in the drop down (starting with that Luidsprekers).

You know what ? I can't explain. But once you see at least one KS device mentioned, it *can* get to work for sure. Which device you rename in the device properties is not important then, as long as it matches with the name shown at Name attempt.

Sorry ... (I hope I can change this lateron).

Peter

[PeterSt]

I use Win XP & HiFace USB transport but get the same message above - I don't think I can change the name to the name it is looking for in the log "HIFACE Kernel Streaming" ?

Despite what Gerard told

HIFACE Kernel Streaming

would be the one you want .

So it seems that is going to work too.

[jkeny]

I use Win XP & HiFace USB transport but get the same message above - I don't think I can change the name to the name it is looking for in the log "HIFACE Kernel Streaming" ?

Despite what Gerard told

HIFACE Kernel Streaming

would be the one you want .

So it seems that is going to work too.

that's good but where do I change the name? I can't do it in XXHighEnd ! Do you mean to change the name in this txt file?

[Gerard]

Hi Gerard,

Yes, good example, and congrats you did it (now hope the sound is better).

It is something like (inyour example) :

If the NameAttempt (E-DSP WAVE) is contained in your DeviceName (E-DSP [c00]    as you set it) or the other way around, it will match.

The tricky part is the || Luidsprekers because this is what Vista/W7 adds on the second line of the device properties (Luidsprekers) and wich shouldn't be there at all but shows as a combined name in the drop down (starting with that Luidsprekers).

You know what ? I can't explain. But once you see at least one KS device mentioned, it *can* get to work for sure. Which device you rename in the device properties is not important then, as long as it matches with the name shown at Name attempt.

Sorry ... (I hope I can change this lateron).

Peter

After changing name it automatically changed into this.

E-DSP WAVE [ccoo] (4-E-MU E- DSP Audio Processor (WDM))

 

[PeterSt]

Ok, here is a hopefully better explanation (please don't complain about the awkwardness) :

First of all, here is my log file :
Start KS here
Name wanted  : Juli@ Audio || Luidsprekers  Number of KS devices found : 1
Filter found : \\?\esi#julia_01#5&29276623&0&0001#{6994ad04-93ef-11d0-a3cc-00a0c9223196}\esi_wave1
Name attempt : Juli@ Audio ** Found ** ** Succeeded ! **
No ambiguous devices found.
Filter found : \\?\esi#julia_01#5&29276623&0&0001#{6994ad04-93ef-11d0-a3cc-00a0c9223196}\esi_wave1

Now look at the below first picture. The Juli@ Audio is at the second line and put there by Vista/W7.
The second picture shows how this pops up in the combo of XXHighEnd (or any player which "just" lists sound devices (Foobar makes a better job of this)).

So, what is combined with the second line in the properties, shows as the most important in the combobox of XXHighEnd. Wrong ! (but that's Vista etc.).
The log file (see above) makes this of it :

Juli@ Audio || Luidsprekers

which internally in the program is combined to

Juli@ Audio Luidsprekers

What KS wants (see log file) is this :

Juli@ Audio

Also wrong, because I have two of those (not shown, but compare the first picture which shows a similar anomaly : 2 x Digitale audio (S/PDIF) as it shows 2 x Luidsprekers. But, for that list all is qualified by that second line).
Still, internally (which is the registry) only half of that is shown, and in no way it can be qualified further. So what happens ?

Here are the two lines again we can deal with :

A: Juli@ Audio Luidsprekers (from the device list)   
B: Juli@ Audio (from the KS devices)

and now the program says : If A is contained in B or if B is contained in A there is a match ! And in my case B is contained in A.
If it doesn't in your case, just make it so by changing A (in the device properties -> first picture). Notice that you can only change the part BEHIND the || which in my case is Luidsprekers. And so, what it comes down to is that the (changeable) name can be changed into the name of the KS device - done (ha, now I know myself ).

Keep in mind : how you name A is not important, and only used to make a match. B is the one which is used, and which B (see your log file) is determined by A.



If names are found which can match more than one device, a message "Ambiguous devices found !" appears in the log file and if a match could be made it will be with the first KS device listed (** Succeeded ! **).. When not, "No ambiguous devices found" is shown, and no problem there then.


On a side note :
If you compare my log file with the device list, indeed there is no SPDIF Juli@ device found for KS. Otherwise it would have shown under "Name attempt :". Nothing to do about that !!
And don't worry about my "Loudspeakers" useage, because it is a tweaked sound card. (and nothing useful for you).

Hope this helps !!
Peter

[PeterSt]

that's good but where do I change the name? I can't do it in XXHighEnd ! Do you mean to change the name in this txt file?

Look here :

Rightclick on the speaker icon in the taskbar tray (at the right) - choose playback devices. Then :

[jkeny]

Hate to be a pain but I have Windows XP NOT Win 7 or Vista - so I don't have the options you show!

[PeterSt]

Aha ... so ... that is a combination which won't work at this time, but it most probably get to work when I list your Hiface device as a choice in XXHighEnd. Sorry I got confused here and there, and you are not amongst those who can't even see the device (because you just can unlike boleary).

This is funny, because to the best of my knowledge the devices you see in XXHighEnd are the same as can be found in the registry (which is not the part you see in your log file). Not so here.

Ok John, I am sorry, but because of this unexpected thing for me (can it be caused by M2Tech ?) this now *requires* a list of KS devices in XXHighEnd. This sure can be done, but won't be a matter of an hour's work. Besides, today has more or less passed here, and tomorrow I can't work on it.

But I *will* do it.
Peter

[PeterSt]

I use Win XP & HiFace USB transport but get the same message above - I don't think I can change the name to the name it is looking for in the log "HIFACE Kernel Streaming" ?

Btw, sorry John, I completely missed your text and was more anxious to see your log file (will it be in there or not ? -> YES).
You said it all and I just didn't read it ...

Peter

[Calibrator]

G'day Peter,

Before I head for my music server and install this new version, I thought I would try it on my study PC here first. WinXP using a Gigabyte P35-DS3 motherboard, and I currently use the onboard sound device ( Realtek ALC 889A chipset ) with latest drivers for it.

When I attempt to play a track using Engine#4 I get a message pop up that reads ..

"Failed to write to Pin !!"

When I click on OK, I see the progress bar advance but no sound eminates.

I presume the error message is indicating a problem in building the DirectX graph correctly.

I should also add that I can get Kernel Streaming working OK with FooBar2000 on this PC.

Logs attached.

Although I have Engine#4 selected in settings, I see references to Engine#3 in the logs and processes in task manager show Engine#3 active. I surmise that there is no separate entity called Engine#4 as such, but is incorporated with the Engine#3 structure somehow.

I shall go play on my main music server.

Thanks as always,

Russ

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Does the Juli@ work with #4engine or not ?

Otherwise I wait in patience till you do.