Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "SCEE" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.sound,scee.yaroze.programming.sound Subject: Re: -=> Request for New Function <=- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:18:55 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 48 Message-ID: <6at2l2$b22@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <348CFEEC.6D50@uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.203.13.10 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk scea.yaroze.programming.sound:158 scee.yaroze.programming.sound:62 Hi Mark, Unfortuantly the sound system on the PS doesn't work that way, as there are no mix buffers ( as you would find on a PC with soundblaster ) The PS mixes sounds just before outputing to the audio out, and this functionality just isn't available ( for Yaroze or full libs ) I'm quite curious about what you want this function for however.. Cheers, Colin. ( SCEE ) Mark Jawad wrote in message <348CFEEC.6D50@uiuc.edu>... >Hey all, > I'd like to request a new function call from the SCEA >folks... one which I feel would be used by a great many people >and one which (I think) would allow us to add a really cool >dimension to our programs. > Awhile ago, Colin H. from SCEE posted the ReadCDDA() >function (cdfeed.o), which allows the user to leech the contents >of the incoming CD audio during a CdPlay(). This function makes >for a killer audio display during a program, but, according to >the posted instructions, only works with the incoming audio from >a CD. > I'd like to request a function which returns the final >output from the SPU -- regardless of how it was generated. >Something to the effect of: > > short *SsGetOutputBuffer(void); > >would suffice. It would fill a buffer with the current output >from the SPU, then return a pointer to that buffer. The buffer >would contain X words from the Left channel, then X words >from the right channel (X being whatever the SCE folks deem >appropriate). > >All I'm requesting here is a binary object file w/ such a >function call. Having the source _would_ be nice (*hint hint *) >but we can live without it. Certainly it would be trivial for >the SCE R&D folks to provide the masses with such a call, yes? > >-Mark Jawad, really pushing for this one!