Re: Re: Creative SB Live 24bit capture status

[James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@gmail.com>]

On 6/1/05, Ferenc Wagner <wferi@tba.elte.hu> wrote:
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> thanks for the work, I'm looking forward to exploiting one
> such card.  However, the comments in ca0106_main.c confused
> me somewhat.  Let me quote:
> 
> ,----
> | Notes on how to capture sound:
> | The AC97 is used in the PLAYBACK direction.
> |
> | The output from the AC97 chip, instead of reaching the
> | speakers, is fed into the Philips 1361T ADC.
> |
> | So, to record from the MIC, set the MIC Playback volume to
> | max, unmute the MIC and turn up the MASTER Playback
> | volume.
> |
> | So, to prevent feedback when capturing, minimise the
> | "Capture feedback into Playback" volume.
> '----
> 
> First of all, the above sounds like this card wasn't full
> duplex, which probably isn't the case. (?)
> 
> Apart from that, there are no MIC or MASTER controls, only
> ANALOG/SPDIF Front/Rear/Center/Unknown (without mute
> toggles), several recording source selectors (AC97, SPDIF,
> I2C, I2C Mixer, whatnot), the Capture feedback and a
> Mic/Line in selector.  How should I set all these up,
> especially what source should I set 'capture' on?
> --
> Thanks a lot,
> Feri.
> 

Those notes relate to the Audigy LS.
The SB Live 24bit uses a different method for capture, which is one of
the reasons it has taken so long to get it working.

James


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