Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?

Rene Herman
2007-06-29T22:10:20Z

Robert Hancock <hancockr <at> shaw.ca> writes:

> In the case of S/PDIF output on ice1724 (and probably other cards), it
> would be nice if ALSA defaulted to routing default audio to both the
> S/PDIF and analog ports, as this is what most users would normally
> expect.. The Windows drivers work like that, but on Linux you have to
> pick one or the other (at least without a bunch of mucking with the
> config file).

I believe some cards can't do this in fact which might be argument due to
consistency. Otherwise I don't so much have an opinion on whether or not this
should be default though...

Rene