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WASAPI Exclusive mode allows the application to interrogate the capabilities of the audio driver, since audio is presented directly by the application to the audio driver the format that the audio is sent in by the application must be in a format that is compatible with the capabilities of the audio driver, as there is no DirectSound between to convert it.

WASAPI Exclusive mode bypasses the Audio Mixer and thus the mixing/resampling layers of DirectSound so audio is passed-through as-is, this is why WASAPI should be used for encoded formats like DTS in order that they can reach the receiver unchanged for decoding there. Shared mode is in many ways similar to DirectSound as it allows other sounds to be mixed into the currently playing stream, however this mode is not supported on Kodi so won't be covered any further here. WASAPI itself has two modes, Shared and Exclusive. Partly to allow for cleaner, uncompromised or encoded audio, and for low-latency requirements like mixing and recording, Microsoft re-vamped their Kernel Streaming mode after XP and came up with WASAPI for Vista. Even more important for this thread is that you cannot pass through encoded formats, as DirectSound will not decode them and it would otherwise bit-mangle them, and there is a loss of sonic quality involved in the mixing and resampling. This means the program cannot control the sampling rate, channel count, format, etc. The disadvantages are that other programs can play at the same time, and that a program's output gets mixed to whatever the system's settings are.

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The advantages are that programs don't need resampling code or other complexities, and any program can play sounds at the same time as others, or the same time as system sounds, because they are all mixed to one format. Every program using sound passes it's data to DirectSound and the Audio Mixer which then resamples as required so it can mix audio streams from any program together with system sounds.

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With DirectSound, Windows controls the sample rate, channel layout and other details of the audio stream via an Audio Mixer. Since Windows Vista SP1 there has two primary audio interfaces, DirectSound and WASAPI (Windows Audio Session Application Programming Interface) with WASAPI being a replacement for Windows XP's Kernel Streaming mode.ДirectSound acts as a program-friendly middle layer between the program and the audio driver, which in turn speaks to the audio hardware.

Once this is done you should be good to go in setting up audio on Kodi so refer back to AudioEngine This is a requirement if WASAPI mode is to be used in Kodi. Skype seems like the likely culprit, but exiting it doesn't solve the issue, so I have some doubts about it.Step 6: Finally go to the Advanced Tab and ensure the Exclusive Mode check boxes Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device and Give exclusive mode applications priority are ticked. I want to know which program in particular so I can try uninstalling it to see if my theory is correct. But it also brings the popping back, and it reliably comes in after a minute of use, just like when audio would normally cut out.Д¬learly there's another program trying to take control of the Rift's output and messing with its ability to reproduce proper sound. I found out I can resolve this issue by going to the Rift's audio settings and unchecking 'allow applications to take exclusive control of this device'. Restarting the Rift completely does fix it, but only for a minute.

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However, I now have a new problem: Skype got an update just at the same time that I put this new card in, and now I entirely lose audio after about one minute of being in the Rift. To solve this, I got a new USB3.0 PCIe card that many people recommended to fix the issue, and it did! Now, when I say 'pop', I do not mean mute and unmute! Rather, it switches between 3D audio that rotates around me depending on which way I face, and standard Stereo audio with two dumb outputs resting on my ears that are in no way at all tracked. Context: I have an Oculus Rift, and the sound used to pop in and out.