Hey everybody, I had a question about ports and whatnot.
Ok lets say (This is actually true) I have a laptop with a scroll thing on the front for volume.
How does one actually get information from that. and is that the same as getting info from the usb ports.
If you don't want to explain this all to me you can just point me to a webpage.
Ports and volume settings are handled by your operating system. If you are using Linux, I would go to the forum dedicated to your specific distro, or to a Linux forum. If you are using Windows, I'd first Google for it, and if not fruitful, go to a Windows forum or better yet, to the Windows specific newsgroups which are supported by MS.
If you're looking at this from the OSdev point of view, you'll want to stay away from usb coding for a while, a very, very, very, long while. OSdev.org will tell you how to directly interface with the devices, w/o APIs, but you have to be in ring <3 for most of their examples. You may also find the ALSA sources useful.
