SB16 PNP Error: Wave Device not ready
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I have a voice recognition program that allows me to speak a command into my
microphone and then it will send the correct keystrokes to the currently
open application. This works fine *except* when the application is a 3D
game. If I try to run both the game and the voice recognition program, the
latter returns: 'Error: Wave device not ready', then exits.
I suspect it's because both programs are trying to allocate the sound card
at once, and yet, I know many people who do this successfully, and searches
have *not* returned any help.
FWIW, DirectX Diagnostics doesn't find any problems with my sound card, but
on the 'Music' tab, it *does* say that 'Default Port Acceleration: Not
Available'.
The sound card is at least 8 years old, but I have had no problems w/it
before, and it is a full duplex sound card.
If I need to upgrade to a different sound card, what is the cheapest choice,
since I never use it for any critical uses, etc.
Another possibility: Could I just add a second sound card to this system?
Or, would the IRQ's, DMA's etc. conflict.
Thanks in advance.