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Normal Cooperative Level

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At the normal cooperative level (DSSCL_NORMAL), the application cannot set the format of the primary buffer or write to the primary buffer. All applications at this cooperative level use a primary buffer format of 22 kHz, stereo sound, and 8-bit samples, so that the device can switch between applications as smoothly as possible.