Hi, HD does stand for High Definition (despite appearances?!) - It's referring to Intel new audio architecture: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/hdaudio.htm
I haven't managed to test RAT on an HD audio card as I haven't currently got access to one - I'll see if I can find one.... I'm assuming this problem is being seen on Windows - anyone tried HD audio on Linux? Cheers, Piers On 11/04/07, Joseph Stone <stone...@umn.edu> wrote: > In what appears to be a clever marketing trick, system and soundcard > manufacturers have used the moniker "HD" and attached the words High > Definition to the letters. > > It really stands for Half Duplex. Since rat expects a chip set that can > simultaneously send out signals while receiving them, these new devices do > not get recognized. The HD devices appear to do some sort of fast switching > so that the user hears and speaks apparently at the same time. > > I'll leave it to UCL folks to correct/add to what I've just said. > > Joe > > > Joseph Stone > Senior Informatics Manager > Family Medicine Community Health, Medical School, Univ. of Minnesota > Suite 220 Dinnaken > 925 Delaware St. SE > Minneapolis, MN 55414 > > (612) 624-3192 > stone...@umn.edu > >