Hi Munawar, Well, from a programming standpoint DirectSound was replaced by XAudio2 in the March 2008 DirectX SDK, and DirectSound was placed in the deprecated list of development libraries for DirectX. What this means for developers like you and I DirectSound will likely be kept in the runtime releases for XP/Vista/Win 7 for backward compatibility purposes, but future DirectSound development is scheduled to be removed from the SDK as soon as XAudio2 gets wider adoption by software developers. As for the diferences between XNA and DirectSound it does depend on if you are using the managed XNA Framework or the unmanaged C++ libraries. If you are using the unmanaged XAudio2 library for C++ developers then it offers something similar to DirectSound. However, if you use the XNA Framework for Managed .NET developers then you are getting an extremely watered down SDK, and it doesn't have anything close to DirectSound features yet. In fact, your point about being watered down is the primary reason Microsoft added XAudio2 to the March 2008 SDK. Apparently many mainstream game developers complained about XAudio for their PC games, wanting something like DirectSound, so Microsoft added XAudio2 which is now a core part of the DirectX/XNA API for C++ developers. If you read all the release notes for DirectX it is pretty evident Microsoft is redesigning DirectX, and XAudio2 is going to be a core part of Windows 7, and DirectSound will likely be their for backward compatibility purposes only. That is my take on it.
Munawar Bijani wrote: > Hi, > Is XNA really replacing DirectX in Windows 7? As far as I've heard about > XNA--I haven't fiddled with the API at all--is that it lacks the powerful > DirectSound capabilities because it's cross platform between Windows and > XBOX; since XBOX isn't a full computing system, XNA had to be watered down > to make it run on XBOX. As we know all too well, the limiting agent is the > component that determines how much solution can be made. So if XNA really is > replacing DirectX in Windows 7, that could mean bad news for developers. > Munawar A. Bijani > Are you certain you will awaken from bed tomorrow? > Never assume something of which you lack strong knowledge. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.bpcprograms.com/ --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
