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soundDevice

Syntax

the soundDevice

Description

System property; allows the sound mixing device to be set while the movie plays. The possible settings are the devices listed in soundDeviceList.

Several sound devices can be referenced. The various sound devices for Windows have different advantages.

MacroMix (Windows)—The lowest common denominator for Windows playback. This device functions on any Windows computer, but its latency is not as good as that of other devices.

DirectSound (Windows))—A sound device Xtra that permits low-latency audio playback performance on Windows and ensures reliable playing, mixing, and switching between different audio sources such as Director, AVI, and QuickTime sound. DirectSound is the default value for soundDevice on Windows.

This Xtra requires DirectSound 5 or later from Microsoft. The DirectSound Xtra (DirectSound.x32) and Microsoft's DirectSound must both be installed in order for the DirectSound soundDevice to work.

Windows NT 4 does not support DirectSound.

QT3Mix (Windows)—Mixes sound with QuickTime audio and possibly with other applications if they use DirectSound. This device requires that QuickTime be installed and has better latency than MacroMix.

MacSoundManager (Macintosh)—The only sound device available on the Macintosh.

Example

This statement sets the sound device to the MacroMix for a Windows computer. If the newly assigned device fails, the soundDevice property is not changed.

set the soundDevice = "MacroMix"

See also

soundDeviceList