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Can you do this on the PC?
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Moederloos
Honorary Master
More importantly - can *you* do that (listen to two things at once).
F
Fudzy
Guest
I don't see why not. It all breaks down to what outputs & inputs you have.
ld13
Honorary Master
Exactly, But the only Practical use I see for this is...A DJ PC/Mac?
BiteMe
Expert Member
..or multiroom audio.
PearlJam
Expert Member
kevinswan007
Expert Member
of course it can be done. the pc can do everything the mac can do and more. hell, mac has now adopted using pc parts as their hardware instead of their own proprietary hardware. that proves it.
yes, mac's use of software to get the most out of the hardware in some respects is very well done. but the pc is much more configurable and gadget friendly.
mac cant write to ntfs drives! wtf!
yes, mac's use of software to get the most out of the hardware in some respects is very well done. but the pc is much more configurable and gadget friendly.
mac cant write to ntfs drives! wtf!
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
yes, it actually depends more on the apps you use. The hardware and Windows XP can register multiple sound devices... these can be specified as default devices through the sound control panel applet. But some software can also be configured to use specific sound hardware (Skype does this also). I'm not aware though of too many multimedia apps that allow for custom sound config... maybe we will start seeing more of them soon.
BiteMe
Expert Member
winamp does.
AirWolf
Honorary Master
@kevinswan007, bwana will should be able to give you advantages of the mac 
Ekhaatvensters
Executive Member
PearlJam
Expert Member
rofl, this thread was again meant to show that the mac can do something that the pc "supposedly" can't do. SO pointless
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
"One thing Mac users can't do - shut the f*** up" coming from someone who can't keep his trap shut either and seems to think loading his rather poor writing with "*******" and similar words somehow gives it more credibility.
Sad, really.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Can certainly do it in Linux
But to be serious, yes, you should be able to do it in Windows, provided the applications in question give you the option of specifying which sound device to use.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
You really don't know what you're talking about. Apple's hardware being their "own proprietary" hardware goes as far as the stylish cases. What's inside, at least for the last decade, has been standard stuff. The last PPC were CPUs from IBM (G5) and Motorolla (G4), with the rest of the components being standard PC stuff. Before that they had SCSI discs and only before that (more than a decade ago) were there some funky stuff like their own bus architectures (which at the time was superior to anything available in the PC world). Pity they didn't have Microsoft's marketing muscle back then...
??? Just because you don't know how doesn't mean it can't be done...
Wrong. Gadget manufactures are more Windows friendly. Sadly it has the same result.
And for what it's worth, Mac copes better with gadgets that follow some sort of standard. My digital camera presents itself as a USB storage devices. Both Linux and OSX picks it up as such. Windows has no idea it's even plugged in unless I load the manufacturers f***ing horrible software.
And who's fault is that? Microsoft keeps their API for NTFS a secret. Windows can't write to Mac drives even though the API is well documented and available for free. Boo hoo.
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