From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jonathan Gage" Subject: Audiophile USB + alsa 0.9.0rc5 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:39:32 +1000 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <002e01c30a66$f08bedb0$3700a8c0@jono> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002B_01C30ABA.C17215A0" Return-path: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C30ABA.C17215A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Recently I bought an Audiophile USB and managed to get it to work using = alsa. I tested countless different alsa releases in attempting to get = the card to work, or work more fully. As far as I can tell the card will = only work for playback alone using the usb-audio driver in alsa drivers = version 0.9.0rc5. It works quite nicely in performing this simple tast = alsa i must say, i'm getting latency times that make the windows drivers = pale into insignificance! Pretty much every other release since 0.9.0rc5 = through to the current 0.9.2 either "half works" (when it plays sound = you get whitenoise/yummy digital nastiness) or doesn't seem to work at = all aside from some clicks and pops when i scroll around an audio file = in XMMS. I was wondering if the developers know what they've changed = since 0.9.0rc5 to stop the usb-audio driver from working with this card = and if they intend to re-implement support in future versions? I was = also wondering if it is possible to get this card to capture and do midi = in/out? I'm not an alsa/linux expert, but i'd be happy to test and report = results for early version drivers that seek to get this card working in = a fuller manner. Cheers,=20 Jonathan ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C30ABA.C17215A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Recently I bought an Audiophile USB and = managed to=20 get it to work using alsa. I tested countless different alsa releases in = attempting to get the card to work, or work more fully. As far as I can = tell the=20 card will only work for playback alone using the usb-audio driver in = alsa=20 drivers version 0.9.0rc5. It works quite nicely in performing this = simple tast=20 alsa i must say, i'm getting latency times that make the windows drivers = pale=20 into insignificance! Pretty much every other release since 0.9.0rc5 = through=20 to the current 0.9.2 either "half works" (when it plays sound you get=20 whitenoise/yummy digital nastiness) or doesn't seem to work at all aside = from=20 some clicks and pops when i scroll around an audio file in XMMS. I was = wondering=20 if the developers know what they've changed since 0.9.0rc5 to=20 stop the usb-audio driver from working with this=20 card and if they intend to re-implement support in future versions? = I was=20 also wondering if it is possible to get this card to capture and = do midi=20 in/out?
 
I'm not an alsa/linux expert, but i'd = be happy to=20 test and report results for early version drivers that seek to get = this=20 card working in a fuller manner.
 
Cheers,
 
Jonathan
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