From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kristian Soerensen Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 21:07:33 +0000 Subject: Re: Sound card with S/PDIF input (and output) wanted Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org 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. -------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux Resource Exchange http://www.linuxrx.com Kristian Elof Soerensen elof@image.dk (+45) 45 93 92 02