Setting Up ASIO

[Big_Berny]

I take it back. I just got it working using the EXE versions. Volume control "slides" but does not have any affect on output volume.

I also got the dll-version working but unfortunately with the same problem...

Big_Berny

[mcow]

I just posted a page to the Wiki on what I did to get ASIO working with MM3:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.p ... ut_Plugins

Anyone watching this thread who can improve that page should do so; I may have mistakes and probably have omissions.

[danhackley]

Any updates on this (last post is Sep 08)?

I'm using the Otachan ASIO plugin (ver 0.67). It seems to work fine, but even with the gapless playback option selected under the plugin configuration options, there is still a small (less than a second) gap between tracks.

Anyone know how to get true ASIO gapless playback, or if there is a better plugin which I should be using?

[Pete10]

I have the same problem, gaps between tracks makes the combination MM & ASIO totally useless. I added to the Wiki page. Posted a note to the MM team long ago, to no avail. I also checked the Ploytec ASIO + USB option in stead of ASIO4ALL, same result. So it appears that the plugins are the problem.

[mcow]

I have the same problem, gaps between tracks makes the combination MM & ASIO totally useless. I added to the Wiki page. Posted a note to the MM team long ago, to no avail. I also checked the Ploytec ASIO + USB option in stead of ASIO4ALL, same result. So it appears that the plugins are the problem.

I notice that when I use WinAmp with ASIO4ALL, the tray icon for ASIO4ALL is shown even when WinAmp is not playing; in that case, the icon shows a Pause symbol. Pete, I'd be interested to know if you have the same problems with gapless under WinAmp -- it's possible the issue is that MM is restarting the plugin with each track.

[mcow]

I notice that when I use WinAmp with ASIO4ALL, the tray icon for ASIO4ALL is shown even when WinAmp is not playing; in that case, the icon shows a Pause symbol.

I've noticed lately, with WinAmp 5 (I recently upgraded from ver 2) that playback through ASIO4ALL gets slight glitches when I do things like minimize or restore a window. MediaMonkey has no such problem.

[mcow]

I notice that when I use WinAmp with ASIO4ALL, the tray icon for ASIO4ALL is shown even when WinAmp is not playing; in that case, the icon shows a Pause symbol. Pete, I'd be interested to know if you have the same problems with gapless under WinAmp -- it's possible the issue is that MM is restarting the plugin with each track.

A-ha! I was experimenting with this today. The difference between WinAmp and MediaMonkey was the "gapless mode" setting: if gapless is turned on, the plugin remains loaded after each track, so the music can flow directly from one track to the next. That means that when the player has stopped, the plugin is still not released and the ASIO4ALL icon shows as a Pause symbol.

This still isn't perfect. There's a slight hiccup in the sound on transition points which aren't silent (such as between "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" on Dark Side of the Moon).

There are two ASIO plugins available: "ASIO Output Plugin" [out_asio.dll] and "ASIO output (dll version)" [out_asio(dll).dll]
The former has a minimal configuration dialog which just lets you select the ASIO driver (e.g. ASIO4ALL), and this has gapless mode turned on. The latter has a configuration dialog with a number of options, one of which controls gapless mode.

[Munkiiedude]

I don't know why, nothing was playing in the background, nor any programs actively using the audio output. I've tried many ways but it wouldn't get it active.

Anyone knows how?

[Peke]

Are you sure that WSAPI output do not give you enough quality?

What exact Sound Card you have?

[ceborat]

Thanks for sharing the asio plugins since 2006