First off, thanks for your reply. I am, however, baffled by what you had to say. Crystal company claims complete Linux "friendliness" and I've seen several sites which carry detailed specs of the CS4205 chip in PDF file, so I am not sure what aspect of the sound chip is missing for such information to be complete. Could you please clarify your point?
Also, is there a way to contact Crystal company and request additional info? Finally, if this soundcard is not capable of hardware downmixing, is there ANY laptop soundcard at all out there that IS capable of doing that. P.S. What about Yamaha/Intel 753 chip that is found in the Toshiba Satellite 5005's? Thanks for your assistance! Ico > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Shirkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 2:25 AM > To: Ivica Bukvic; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] question regarding latest CS4205 laptop > soundcard driver > > --- "Ivica Bukvic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >I have a quick question regarding the latest CrystalClear soundcard that > >is found in Dell Inspirons and other laptops (model name CS4205). > > > >My understanding is that the maker of this DSP chip is rather Linux > >friendly, so my question is does the driver for this soundcard (which I > >believe is Intel810 and has been reported to be working in Linux) > >supports hardware mixing (i.e. opening sound device multiple times as is > >the case with SBLive!), since this card also advertises having hardware > >mixer like SBLive! does. I=92ve also heard that most other modern > >mainstream soundcards have that capability and some of them simply > don=92t > >do that due to lack of documentation (i.e. Ess maestro 3i). So what is > >then the case with this one and how does it stack-up against other > >mobile built-in soundcards? > > > > IIRC The docs for this chip are not sufficient for the hardware mixing to > be used. > > In regards to how well it works I have had ok sound from it and have > recorded quite clean through it but it is nothing special IMO. > > > -- > Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd > For the discerning hardware connoisseur > Http://www.boosthardware.com > Http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/Linux_Audio_Users_Guide/ > > >Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer, multimedia sculptor, > >programmer, webmaster & computer consultant > >http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/ > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D= > 3D= > >=3D=3D=3D > >"To be is to do"=A0=A0 - Socrates > >"To do is to be"=A0=A0 - Sartre > >"Do be do be do"=A0=A0 - Sinatra > >"I am"=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 - God > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Alsa-devel mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel > > _____________________________________________________________ > Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net > > _____________________________________________________________ > You deserve a better email address! Get personalized email @yourname > or @yourcompany from Everyone.net --> http://www.everyone.net?tag _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
