Did you notice that I was talking about SPDIF Digital IN not OUT. (IN = RECORD, OUT=PLAY). Most cards can do Digital OUT for AC3 etc, but fewer can do Digital IN for AC3 etc. Cheers James
> -----Original Message----- > From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 04 December 2001 10:52 > To: James Courtier-Dutton > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output > > > At Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:24:51 -0000, > James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Takashi Iwai > > > Sent: 04 December 2001 09:31 > > > To: Joshua Jacobs > > > Cc: Dan Hollis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output > > > > > > > > > Hi Josh, > > > > > > At Mon, 03 Dec 2001 14:59:38 -0500, > > > Joshua Jacobs wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I had posted earlier about finding a sound card which supports > > > toslink output > > > > under linux. It appears that Dan's page > > > http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/ > > > > has been updated to include an entry on the Fortissimo II and > > > it shows that > > > > its toslink in and out are both supported. Thanks for the update. > > > > > > > > I'm going ahead and buying a fortissimo II. > > > > > > Wait, wait.. ALSA cs46xx driver still does _NOT_ support digital i/o! > > > And it seems difficult to support it in near future, too, since Cirrus > > > Logic doesn't want to release their DSP info. > > > > > > AFAIK, TOSLINK output should work on the following drivers: > > > > > > - RME9652 > > > - RME96 > > > - ICE1712 (Envy24) > > > - Emu10k1 (SB Live!) > > > - Trident 4D DX/NX > > > - YMFPCI > > > - FM801 > > > - CM8738 > > > > > > The lower is often cheaper. > > > > > > And if you want digial input, please check the card carefully. > > > Some cards have only internal connectors although digital input is > > > stated on the product box.. > > > > > > > > > ciao, > > > > > > Takashi > > > > > Another thing to watch for is there are two types of SPDIF in. > > 1) SPDIF PCM Audio in. Recording normal stereo at different rates. > > 2) SPDIF non-audio in. (AC3, DTS etc.) > > The SB Live does (1) but NOT (2) > > Hmm, i'm not sure how is the current status of emu10k1, but ac3 output > was once enabled.. > > > I don't know the SPDIF capabilities of the other cards. > > I need a sound card capable of (2), but don't know which ones work. > > The first three drivers support the non-audio data. The ice1712 based > cards have many variance, and the digital i/o is dependent on chipset, > though. But at least it's ok on M-Audio and TerraTec cards. > (How about Hoontech DSP24??) > > The others, trident, ymfpci and cmipci drivers support non-audio > digital, too. > > I don't know about fm801: there is a switch "IEC958 Raw Data Playback > Switch". Is it for enabling non-audio data transfer or not involved > at all? > > > Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
