Quicktime Directsound Windows Audio Session

Quicktime with Windows Audio Session Option – Am I Bit ...

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/7475-quicktime-with-windows-audio-session-option-%E2%80%93-am-i-bit-perfect/

Take a look at the “Play Audio Using” menu at Edit>Preferences>QuickTime Preferences>Audio tab. It has three options, Safe Mode (waveOut only), Direct Sound, and Windows Audio Session. My previous Quicktime version didn’t have the Windows Audio Session option, so it must be a new feature.

Driver Support for DirectSound - Windows drivers ...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/audio/driver-support-for-directsound

WASAPI in iTunes 10.5? - Apple Community

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3429425

You can just do a quick test by playing the same audio track first with QuickTime Player and then with iTunes. Only if you downgrade the playback quality of QuickTime by choosing DirectSound instead of Windows Audio Session you'll hear the difference. iTunes plays as it always were Windows Audio Session.

Switch to DirectSound or stay on Windows Audio Session ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/audio/comments/li1bbg/switch_to_directsound_or_stay_on_windows_audio/

Download QuickTime 7.7.9 for Windows - Apple

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL837?locale=en_US

Change Playback preferences in iTunes on PC - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/itunes/change-playback-preferences-in-itunes-on-pc-itns342682b6/windows

Choose Direct Sound to allow system sounds from your computer to be heard while listening to audio. Otherwise, choose Windows Audio Session to turn off system sounds during playback. Sample Rate For Audio and Bits Per Sample For Audio. Choose these settings to fine-tune audio playback quality. For best results, the settings must match your settings in the Sound control …

Audiogon Discussion Forum

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/itunes-settings-in-quicktime

They actually directed me to open up QuickTime, go to Preferences, and change my audio output from Direct Sound to Windows Audio Session. I'm not sure why this changes the sonics, exactly, and I hope you'll forgive the abject cliche, but there was at least one veil removed from over the speakers after I made this change.

Windows: should you use DirectSound(default), WASAPI or ...

https://xylio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows:_should_you_use_DirectSound(default),_WASAPI_or_ASIO

DirectSound - this is the standard audio mode on Windows (along with MME but we don't use that in FutureDecks). It always works but it almost always works only in stereo mode and outputs only. What this means is that even if you have a soundcard with multiple inputs and outputs, you will most likely get working only 1 stereo output (without the other outputs and …

WASAPI vs DirectSound : BudgetAudiophile - reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/BudgetAudiophile/comments/endt1v/wasapi_vs_directsound/

iTunes 9 and WASAPI in Windows - theartofsound.net

https://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?4611-iTunes-9-and-WASAPI-in-Windows

Download the latest iTunes for PC (which comes with QuickTime as ever), then start QuickTime and go into Edit > Preferences and choose the Audio tab. Here, you have 3 options for where to output sound - Standard DirectSound, Safe mode or Windows Audio Session. Choosing the latter routes everything through WASAPI.