WA5 bug using DirectSound output driver, incorrect enumeration

[sebt]

This bug has been around since the dawn of wa2 Directsound support, and has been previously reported in these forums. I'm not sure, but I think it affects wa3 as well (didnt get on much with wa3).

I use the Yamaha DSP factory soundcard in my machine. I have 2 of these soundcards. Each card has 16 outputs which appear in Windows as 8 stereo pairs:

DS2416 #1 WAVE OUT
DS2416 #2 WAVE OUT
...
DS2416 #8 WAVE OUT

The second card duplicates these output names but includes '#2' in the output name so for example..

DS2416 #1 WAVE OUT (2)
DS2416 #2 WAVE OUT (2)
...
DS2416 #8 WAVE OUT (2)

The problem is, when using wa's directsound driver, the second card driver output names are not correct. So, the (2) driverset are listed without the (2) naming. This results in a list like:

DS2416 #1 WAVE OUT
DS2416 #2 WAVE OUT
...
DS2416 #8 WAVE OUT
DS2416 #1 WAVE OUT
DS2416 #2 WAVE OUT
...
DS2416 #8 WAVE OUT

ie. the same names appearing twice in the dropdown box. Effectively this means outputs on the second card can never be accessed via directsound, due to the way Windows dropdown boxes work (using text matching); Windows always thinks the first card's output has been chosen.

My workaround has been to use the waveout driver instead - the outputs appear correctly under this driver - but of course I would prefer to be using the directsound driver because that supports many more features like fade in / out etc etc.

This is definitely a Winamp bug because I do not have these problems using Directsound drivers for both cards in other programs. Please could the devs have a look at this!

I am happy to supply further info if necessary.

Seb