On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Dean Ridgway wrote:
> As far as I know SoundBlaster Live's are Windoze only sound cards. They
> require windoze registry entries. They won't work in MSDOS so I can't see
> them working in Linux.
Sound Blaster Live! Driver Now
Available For Open Source Linux
Development
Linux Community Endorses Creative's Move
With Plans For Optimized Audio
Enhancements In Linux Applications
MILPITAS, Calif. - November 11, 1999 -
Creative Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: CREAF),
the leading provider of multimedia solutions for
personal entertainment and productivity, today
announced that a driver for its award-winning
Sound Blaster Live![tm] family of sound cards is
now available to the Linux development
community for open-source development under
GNU General Public License (GPU). The
availability of this new driver provides members of
the Linux community with the opportunity to
create optimized support for Creative?s
highly-acclaimed Sound Blaster Live! family of
sound cards in Linux applications.
The release of this open source driver marks a
"first" for Creative, and is expected to generate a
wealth of supporting applications for the Sound
Blaster Live! family of cards running on all major
Linux kernel versions. With a huge installed base of
Sound Blaster Live! users today, this is an exciting
opportunity for Creative and the Linux community
to deliver powerful 3D audio capabilities to a new
operating system.
"The Sound Blaster Live! audio cards are a key
component of Creative?s Environmental
Audio[tm] program," said George Thorn, director,
Audio Marketing for Creative. "This is an exciting
move for the company as it has provided driver
support for the Linux operating system for some
time, but not in open source form. We look forward
to seeing the Linux community continue to do what
it does best - collaborative engineering - the
upshot of which will be an array of applications
running on the Linux platform that feature integral
support for Creative?s Sound Blaster Live!"
"The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
(ALSA) team is very pleased that Creative has
released drivers for open source development to the
Linux community," said Jaroslav Kysela, ALSA
team leader. "We anticipate releasing the ALSA
code for Sound Blaster Live! sound cards later this
month and look forward to continuing to work
closely with Creative to enhance audio on the
Linux platform."
"We are very pleased with Creative's
announcement today to provide sources under GPL
for its popular Sound Blaster Live! audio cards,"
said Markus Rex, director for development of
SuSE, the leading provider of comprehensive
packages of Linux-based applications. "We look
forward to contributing to the enhancement of this
driver together with the ALSA team."
The driver source code will be maintained on a
dedicated server at Creative; project guidance and
status will also be provided on this server. From the
server, Linux developers will be able to check out
the code, work with it, and resubmit it with any new
enhancements. This type of Internet-based
"Massive Online Development" has proven
effective within the Linux community and has
successfully delivered the majority of the Linux
content thus far.
"Games being written for the Linux platform will
obviously benefit from enhanced Sound Blaster
Live! support," said Scott Draeker, president of
Loki Entertainment Software, a leading provider of
game titles for the Linux platform. "By opening its
driver source code, Creative Labs has not only
embraced the Linux community, it has also ensured
that its audio hardware will continue to provide
users with a superior listening experience. Loki
enthusiastically supports Creative's move today,
and will work with Creative and the Linux
community to provide comprehensive support in
its games for Creative's hardware."
The distribution of open source Linux drivers for
Sound Blaster Live! is the first publicly announced
step in an ongoing program to bring Creative?s
audio expertise to new platforms. This driver is
now available, free of charge, to Linux developers at
http://opensource.creative.com.
ALSA, The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture project, will have all of the
information you need:
http://www.alsa-project.org/
They have a sound card matrix listing the approproiate Linux driver for
each sound card:
http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/
-Chris
