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I've got an application that uses DirectShow/DirectSound which plays videos and extracts the video/sound. Running it on a server without a soundcard means the audio cannot be grabbed, is there a way around this? I look briefly at Virtual Audio Cable 4 but that doesn't seem to emulate a soundcard over a terminal session..

The tricky part of this is that it's running on x64 so i maybe somewhat limited..

Cheers

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VAC does do the trick but it's somewhat limited in that it doesn't work when you connect to the server through a RDP session.

For the moment I've worked around the issue by starting the process over VNC...

Gordon Carpenter-Thompson
Does it not work even when you play with the remote audio options in the RDP client?
Steven Robbins
Nope, not at all. If i open up the audio properties it says "No Direct Sound Device"
Gordon Carpenter-Thompson
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I haven't tested, but, make sure you set the "RDP -> option -> local resources -> remote computer sound" to "live at remote computer" otherwise you can't find any audio randers.

thanks but that doesn't work unless you have a physical sound-device
Gordon Carpenter-Thompson
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hm. If i got you right, you have the same problem as me. or? Anyways, i have a server at home without a soundcard. I would like to be able to stream music from it (eg spotify, since i can only travel for 14 days, and thats unpractical when being away all summer in usa... so i trick it that i am in sweden, my server is, and then rdc my server from usa) anyways. Is there some sort of software you can use to walk around having to get a soundcard?