IEEE 1394 sound card driver: where to start?

Dear experts!

I am trying to figure out what precisely needs to be done to make an IEEE
1394 device appear as a sound card to audio applications. This device is a
new piece of hardware, which uses IEC61883-6 protocol for streaming audio
and AV/C Audio Subunit for connection management and controlling. Please
bear with me as I am not really a software designer although I have some
experience with debugging and modifying NT kernel drivers. I am now trying
to go through a huge pile of documentation on the MSDN site, but I have a
feeling that this will take forever unless someone could guide me.

Also, is there a difference between Windows XP home and pro editions for the
purpose of IEEE 1394 driver development?


Thanks,
/Mikhail

MM
Thu Sep 04 01:07:15 CDT 2003

Pressed the "Post" button too early...

I bought the Windows DDK a while (perhaps a year) ago. It says on the CD "To
support Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows 2000".
Is it the most recent DDK? I couldn't find any updates on the MSDN site,
however I believe there have been recent updates to the 1394 stuff, at least
to the documentatiton part of it... Does anyone know if I can get updates to
the DDK without buying a MSDN subscription?

Thanks again,
/Mikhail

Gary
Thu Sep 04 07:46:27 CDT 2003

The most recent DDK was released with Server 2003 and is build 3790. It
supports 2000, XP and Server. Since you are doing driver development, I
assume you have an MSDN Pro subscription which includes the DDK. If not,
then you can order the DDK from the Microsoft website for the cost of
shipping and handling.

--
Gary G. Little
Seagate Technologies, LLC

"MM" <mbmsv@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Pressed the "Post" button too early...
>
> I bought the Windows DDK a while (perhaps a year) ago. It says on the CD
"To
> support Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows 2000".
> Is it the most recent DDK? I couldn't find any updates on the MSDN site,
> however I believe there have been recent updates to the 1394 stuff, at
least
> to the documentatiton part of it... Does anyone know if I can get updates
to
> the DDK without buying a MSDN subscription?
>
> Thanks again,
> /Mikhail
>
>

Maxim
Thu Sep 04 12:40:37 CDT 2003

It is sold from MS's site for a very cheap price - around USD 30.

--
Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com


"MM" <mbmsv@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > Since you are doing driver development, I
> > assume you have an MSDN Pro subscription which includes the DDK. If not,
> > then you can order the DDK from the Microsoft website for the cost of
> > shipping and handling.
>
> That's what I did last time. The problem was it took them literally half a
> year to ship... So, is there another way of upgrading the DDK besides
> getting a MSDN subscription?
>
> Thanks,
> /Mikhail
>
>

Maxim
Thu Sep 04 12:47:30 CDT 2003

> Also, is there a difference between Windows XP home and pro editions for the
> purpose of IEEE 1394 driver development?

No differences.

Max

MM
Fri Sep 05 07:41:12 CDT 2003

"Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@storagecraft.com> wrote in message
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> It is sold from MS's site for a very cheap price - around USD 30.

Yes, I know, but just as I said the catch is that it took them several
months to ship last time when I bought. I was getting automatically
generated emails on the regular basis saying that they were out of stock...

/Mikhail