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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio output devices</A></P></B>

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<LI>OSS (ioctl) driver
<LI>SDL driver (supports up/downsampling, esd, arts etc)
<LI>native ALSA 0.5 driver
<LI>native ALSA 0.9 driver (buggy, use OSS emulation!)
<LI>ESD (through SDL)
<LI>ARTS (through SDL)
<LI>SUN audio driver (/dev/audio) for BSD and Solaris8 users
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<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A></B></P>

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<TD COLSPAN=3><B>Aureal Vortex 2</B></TD><TR>
<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD>OSS/Free:</TD><TD>no driver</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="http://aureal.sourceforge.net">aureal.sourceforge.net</A></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Driver2:</TD><TD> from <A HREF="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">here</A><BR>
(<I>buffer size increased to 64k</I>)</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>GUS PnP</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS/Free:</TD><TD>no driver</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>SB Live!</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>(?)</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>SB AWE 64</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>max 44kHz</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>48kHz sounds shit</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>Gravis UltraSound ACE</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>max 44Khz. <I>Also has problems with the
new sound code.</I></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>Gravis UltraSound MAX</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>ESS 688</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>48</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>C-Media cards (which ones?)</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>not OK (hissing) (?)</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>OK (?)</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>?</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3><B>PC Speaker or DAC</B></TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>OSS:</TD><TD>OK (<I>use the SDL driver : -ao sdl</I>)</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>ALSA:</TD><TD>no driver</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Max kHz:</TD><TD>the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more</TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD>Driver:</TD><TD><A HREF="ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp">ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp</A></TD><TR>
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<P><UL>
<LI> use at least 2.4 if possible, 2.2 isn't tested
<LI> if sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking !
     for example "hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom" (see "man hdparm" !!!)
     This is recommended anyways... (for XMMS, etc...)
     Read section <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.1">4.1</A>.
<LI> don't use your soundcard by other application ( for ex. XMMS ) !
     if you use ESD, start MPlayer with the '-vo sdl:esd' option !
<LI> Please tell us how MPlayer and your soundcard(s) worked together!
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