[plug] 5.1 Sound card

[navarre at plug.linux.org.au]

The new 2.4.x kernels have native support for soundblaster live drive II 
and the same.

It is also easy to get running on 2.2.17 kernels - I had help from Tony 
BT and I think Leon about two years ago, system is still running strong.

Navarre 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 7/6/02, 9:53:06 PM, "John Knight" <anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com> wrote 
regarding Re: [plug] 5.1 Sound card + tv out card:


> Hmmm..... sound card wise, I'm not sure. I dunno if a SB Live!'s 5.1 
works
> under *nix. As for the drive and players etc, I found that under mplayer, 
we
> could just fire up a region 2 DVD with no worries! Great for pommy 
sitcoms!

> At the moment, the most popular cards about are the geforce range, you 
can
> have the closed source drivers from nVidia's website, they aren't too 
hard
> to install, but you do have to be careful. They are..... kinda unstable
> though, when they work properly, they REALLY work though! ;)


> >Hi list,
> >
> >I'm wondering if anyone has experience with a 5.1 capable sound card, 
and
> >tv
> >out video card of good quality that theyve had good (read simple) setup 
and
> >service under woody.
> >
> >Prefer both were PCI.. I have a AGP m/b, but i'd like to leave it free 
so I
> >can work on dual heading it with the GForce2 MX card in it atm..
> >
> >If the video card had DVD hardware decoding of multizone disks this 
would
> >be
> >a special bonus....
> >
> >Any thoughts/experience?
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Garry




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