S/PDIF support

[Michael Reifenberger]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Yuriy Tsibizov wrote:

> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:41:22 +0300
> From: Yuriy Tsibizov <Yuriy.Tsibizov at gfk.ru>
> To: Michael Reifenberger <mike at Reifenberger.com>,
>      freebsd-multimedia at freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: S/PDIF support
>
> > is S/PDIF I/O supported under FreeBSD (-current)?
> It is supported only for 2-channel PCM data, as I know. Non-PCM (like AC3) I/O may not work.
> > If yes, which cards (esp. S/PDIF input)?
> emu10k1 driver in -CURRENT can be modified to allow recording from S/PDIF inputs on Audigy cards (just 2-3 lines in DSP sound routing code).
> You can also try my emu10kx driver that can be set to record up to 44Khz 16bit stereo from any stereo input (including S/PDIF inputs) on Audigy (including coaxial and optical inputs / outputs on LiveDrive). I don't have equipment to test it, but I think that it can work.
>

Ah thanks!

Any recommendation which Card to buy BTW?


Bye/2
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