[Bug 20162] New: Support for EAX is missing

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162

Summary: Support for EAX is missing
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_audio_exten
                    sions
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: directx-dsound
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

EAX is widely used in Windows(r) games, at least until Vista(tm), mostly as an
option but mandatory for some, like Meatl Gear Solid 2.

This would be a great improvement if there were any way to have it with wine or
page in wine's wiki with explanation why it impossible.

[Bug 20162] Support for EAX is missing

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162

Predatory QQmber  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Blocks|                            |9124

[Bug 20162] Support for EAX is missing

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162

--- Comment #1 from Predatory QQmber   2009-09-26 04:46:51 ---
also, as http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17223#c3 and wikipedia states,
for most devices, which has no hardware support for it, there is a software
emulation.

[Bug 20162] Support for EAX is missing

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162

Jeff Zaroyko  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Blocks|9124                        |

[Bug 20162] Support for EAX is missing

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX
           Severity|major                       |enhancement

--- Comment #2 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-09-26 12:22:23 ---
http://bugs.winehq.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#bug_severity

EAX is proprietary technology. There are no Linux drivers exists that support
EAX.

[Bug 20162] Support for EAX is missing

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED
                URL|http://en.wikipedia.org/wik |
                   |i/Environmental_audio_exten |
                   |sions                       |

--- Comment #3 from Vitaliy Margolen   2009-09-26 12:22:36 ---
Closing

[Bug 20162] Support for EAX is missing

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20162

--- Comment #4 from Predatory QQmber   2009-09-26 13:50:43 ---
and i thought directx is proprietary technology and there is no drivers
supporting it in linux so with this logic this site should not even exist.

can you please at least elaborate on how much it impossible to implement in
wine so it even not worth discussing , like ever ?
or provide some link to wine's mailing archive, wiki page or bug-post where is
some technical explanation.

closest things i get are 
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2009-June/076578.html ,
http://www.creative.com/corporate/pressroom/releases/welcome.asp?pid=12683 and
this [http://connect.creativelabs.com/alchemy/Lists/Games/AllItems.aspx]
interesting list of applications, where some indeed have similar comments in
appdb.

anyway, i will reopen this if no-one will come up with better explanation for
cause of #9124 in some time.