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On 11/24/2011 11:31 PM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Is there a reason why your application needs to
> duplicate this?

Yes. Clients would like to install multiple sound cards into their 
system so that they can perform multiple VoIP calls at the same time. 
For each call a different sound card will be used. This is why I need 
this functionality in my application.