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How do I use internet search to find solutions to OS library problems? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/learn_programming@programming.dev
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Currently I'm having an issue with WASAPI when using the format reported by the OS and it's WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE (which is needed for certain devices, or else the audio stream won't open with E_INVALIDARGS all for standard IEEE floating point format WITH NO CHANGES!!!), meaning I get no sound even though the stream is initialized and stuff.

However, every time I try to search any WASAPI related issues, all I get is either 10+ years old stackoverflow posts at best (I'd rather die a painful death than to re-register to that hellsite - I got a year long ban every time I posted there, once exactly due to asking about WASAPI, and all I got told to just use SDL, meanwhile SDL forums instead wanted me to use a 3rd party DLLs for live audio playback, by writing it first to a WAV file(!!!)), and otherwise my search result is instead flooded with general purpose Windows troubleshooting tips.

No, I also don't want to use AI slop. I don't know whether the sycophancy of AI or the elitism of stackoverflow users are worse.

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[–] Gyroplast@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

I believe the official Programming Reference from Microsoft to be somewhat authoritative, even though Microslop docs tend to be a bit hit or miss in the details. There's also a link to a PDF download of the whole thing, 1324 pages, which is easier to search than the website.

First hit with DDG on wasapi reference. You're welcome. Cannot help you with the actual problem, though.