> I'm running Kernel 2.64 and the version of alsa that goes with it (sorry not > at my machine). > Anyway I got hold of a spdif cable so I hooked it up to my SBLive 5.1 card > (already working using analog). I put the appropriate options in > modules.conf. Playing a audio CD with XMMS I get sound, but it has so much > 'jitter' that I can't listen to it. > > Is there something else I can try, or is it down to the CD-Rom (Lite-On 486 > 48x)?
Hi again, Thanks Clemens and Rob for your replies. For the archives - It looks like it was the CDRom. This CDRom was a LiteOn LTN-486 supplied with my Dell system. Dell site had no firmware upgrade for this drive, but LiteOn's site did. However when I tried to flash it the utility said is couldn't find a valid drive (Dell at their 'best'). It did have the chance to swap it with a CDRom from a IBM system. This CDRom was also a LiteOn but the model was LTN-486S (Newer Model). I tried to flash it with the latest firmware. This time the utility found the drive but bombed when I ran it. Fitted it anyway and the jitter was gone and everything sounds great. So in short SP/DIF with LiteOn LTN-486 = Bad, SP/Dif with LiteOn LTN-486S = Good. Hope this helps someone, sometime. Regards, Patrick ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
