Nick Rout wrote:
Now I got a DVD Rom in my home box and figured the sound could be better.
Whats an economical and linux friendly way to get 5.1 sound from my machine? ie what cards are a reasonable price and well supported by alsa?
BTW the DVD was quite easy to get going, just install various libraries and recompile mplayer and xine with dvd enabled. LOTR on the desktop. It could do with a bigger screen... I can see this getting expensive LOL.
If you're looking for a cheap new 19", Dick Smith sell theirs for a snip under $400. Its a DSE badged Proview...not state of art, but certainly good-value-for-money...
Sorry, cannot help on 5.1 sound issue...I actually don't see many cards or sound codecs I like, because very few of them deal with DTS sound.
Only low quality Dolby Digital stuff is cheap, and I'd rather just fire the 5.1 channel sound out a coax or optical cable to my 'proper' home theatre, complete with 12" 'trouser-filler' subwoofer! ;^)
Kind regards,
Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch.
