From 988e72ebc32f7e0c8252f111d25ff67645329152 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gabucino
General: |
+General: |
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oss | OSS (ioctl) driver | ||
sdl | SDL driver (supports up/downsampling, ESD, ARTS etc) | ||
nas | NAS (Network Audio System) driver | ||
alsa5 | native ALSA 0.5 driver | ||
alsa9 | native ALSA 0.9 driver (works, but has problems -> use OSS) | ||
sun | SUN audio driver (/dev/audio) for BSD and Solaris8 users | ||
oss | OSS (ioctl) driver | ||
sdl | SDL driver (supports up/downsampling, ESD, ARTS etc) | ||
nas | NAS (Network Audio System) driver | ||
alsa5 | native ALSA 0.5 driver | ||
alsa9 | native ALSA 0.9 driver (works, but has problems -> use OSS) | ||
sun | SUN audio driver (/dev/audio) for BSD and Solaris8 users |
2.3.2.1. Soundcard experiences, recommendations
VIA onboard chipset (via82cxxx) 48Khz only | |||||
Driver: | from here | ||||
Aureal Vortex 2 | |||||
OSS: | no driver | ||||
OSS/Pro: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | no driver | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
Driver: | aureal.sourceforge.net | ||||
Driver2: | from here + | VIA onboard chipset (via82cxxx) 48Khz only | |||
Driver: | from here | ||||
Aureal Vortex 2 | |||||
OSS: | no driver | ||||
OSS/Pro: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | no driver | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
Driver: | aureal.sourceforge.net | ||||
Driver2: | from here (buffer size increased to 32k) | ||||
GUS PnP | |||||
OSS: | no driver | ||||
OSS/Pro: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
SB Live! | |||||
OSS: | HW AC3 won't work | ||||
ALSA: | OK | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
SB AWE 64 | |||||
OSS: | max 44kHz | ||||
ALSA: | 48kHz sounds shit | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
Gravis UltraSound ACE | |||||
OSS: | not OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK | ||||
Max kHz: | 44 | ||||
Gravis UltraSound MAX | |||||
OSS: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
ESS 688 | |||||
OSS: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
C-Media cards (which ones?) | |||||
OSS: | not OK (hissing) (?) | ||||
ALSA: | OK (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | ? | ||||
Yamaha cards (*ymf*) | |||||
OSS: | not OK (?) (maybe -ao sdl) | ||||
ALSA: | OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation AND -ao sdl (!) (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | ? | ||||
Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT) | |||||
OSS: | ? | ||||
OSS/Pro: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | ? | ||||
Max kHz: | ? | ||||
PC Speaker or DAC | |||||
OSS: | OK (use the SDL driver : -ao sdl) | ||||
ALSA: | no driver | ||||
Max kHz: | the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more | ||||
Driver: | ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp | ||||
GUS PnP | |||||
OSS: | no driver | ||||
OSS/Pro: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
SB Live! | |||||
OSS: | HW AC3 won't work | ||||
ALSA: | OK | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
SB AWE 64 | |||||
OSS: | max 44kHz | ||||
ALSA: | 48kHz sounds shit | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
Gravis UltraSound ACE | |||||
OSS: | not OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK | ||||
Max kHz: | 44 | ||||
Gravis UltraSound MAX | |||||
OSS: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
ESS 688 | |||||
OSS: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | OK (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | 48 | ||||
C-Media cards (which ones?) | |||||
OSS: | not OK (hissing) (?) | ||||
ALSA: | OK (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | ? | ||||
Yamaha cards (*ymf*) | |||||
OSS: | not OK (?) (maybe -ao sdl) | ||||
ALSA: | OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation AND -ao sdl (!) (?) | ||||
Max kHz: | ? | ||||
Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT) | |||||
OSS: | ? | ||||
OSS/Pro: | OK | ||||
ALSA: | ? | ||||
Max kHz: | ? | ||||
PC Speaker or DAC | |||||
OSS: | OK (use the SDL driver : -ao sdl) | ||||
ALSA: | no driver | ||||
Max kHz: | the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more | ||||
Driver: | ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp | ||||