The idea looks good! It would be nice to be able to tell JFW to play through a headset in combination with everything else, but not to record it if you're recording. These days there is no easy way to shoutcast using software speech because you have to switch every program to another card instead of just Jaws.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio" <[email protected]>; "GUI Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Access-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 7:39 PM Subject: Article: Microsoft Details Vista's Media Features > This article is taken from www.betanews.com. -Steve. > > Microsoft Details Vista's Media Features > By Ed Oswald, > BetaNews > April 24, 2006, 12:49 PM > > Microsoft on Monday detailed innovations coming in Windows Vista that > the company > believes makes the operating system superior in the delivery of > multimedia. This > would include several enhancements to Windows Media itself as well as > expanded functionality > within Windows Media Center, now standard in Vista. > > The company is promoting the new features of its upcoming operating > system at the > National Association of Broadcasters convention being held this week > in Las Vegas. > > With online multimedia becoming more prevalent, traditional > broadcasters are increasingly > interesting in utilizing the Internet as a method for delivery. > > "With Windows Vista, we went back to the drawing board to create a > premier platform > for audio and video," Windows Digital Media Division corporate vice > president Amir > Majidimehr said. > > Improvements to playback of media include glitch resilience, which > will ensure that > audio and video applications will receive processor priority during > playback. The > company has also made enhancements to the playback of audio. For > example, each application's > volume can be set separately, rather than the universal setting of > previous operating > systems. > > In addition, device roles will be introduced. Initially, peripherals > will be grouped > into three categories: general, music and movies, and communication. > > This would allow for applications to route sound through a specific > device:; for > example, music could play through the computers speakers, while > e-mail alert chimes > sound in a headset. Additionally, enhancements to the digital audio > processing will > allow for higher fidelity audio. > > On the Windows Media Center side, Vista will introduce the Windows > Media Center Presentation > Layer. This feature will allow developers to easily create > applications that can > take advantage of the "ten-foot interface," as well as match the look > and feel of > Windows Media Center. WinFX support will also allow for further > visual enhancement > of these applications. > > To demonstrate this functionality, Microsoft is showing NAB attendees > an application > created by Showtime Networks. The prototype is an interactive > television channel > for its award-winning series "Weeds." > > "Whether you are a music producer, post-production house or > television studio, you > will find that Windows Vista is an incredibly powerful tool for the > future of content > creation, delivery and playback," Microsoft's Majidimehr said. > > Vista is expected to be completed in late 2006 and released publicly > in early 2007. > > > Regards Steve > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: steve1963 > MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
