Re: Sound card with S/PDIF input (and output) wanted

[Kristian Soerensen <elof@image.dk>]

On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Oliver Helmling wrote:

> Can it really be true that there exists no useable sound card (except for
> the in Europe very expensive Turtle Beach Pinnacle card) with S/PDIF input
> that is supported by Linux? Either by OSS/free or ALSA. The only thing I
> have found is:

I have been looking around for such a card myself for quite some time. The
only one with a reasonable price/performance point that's also readily
available is the SB Live. The only problem is that the Linux drivers are
still in early beta. http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/

It puzzles me that no more people are interested in using Linux for MP3
encoding and recording purposes. Maybe the market just haven't caught up
with the demand yet. I'm going to use that card to replace CD's, LP's etc.
with MP3's at home so that I can mix and match the music I want to listen
to without having to stop whatever I'm doing to switch records all the
time.


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