On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, e. pareja wrote:
> now, if i can get my stupid sound card (xwave3000) to work with linux, or
> if i can get enough money to spend on an SB Live!, i'll have one less
> reason to ever boot into that other OS.
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Cagud . Vincent Joseph wrote:
> something a bit out of topic with the thread, but in line with the
> statement above. why an SB Live! for Linux? my development box has an SB
> Live! card on it and i can't use it's EAX capability. in Linux, it's just
> an ordinary sound card. in Windows, it seems to make magic out of my small
> speakers. the linux kernel driver for it is still emu10k, or an emulator
> and freshmeat critics that creative wouldn't release their specs for a
> driver creation purposes. they did release a binary-only driver but
> getting it to run on a different kernel version than it was compiled for
> was a bit daunting.
precisely why i want to get an SB Live! for the sound quality under the
other OS particularly for GAMES. the fact that i can actually use the SB
Live under Linux allows me the freedom to stay in my preferred OS to
listen to MP3s and the like -while- doing other things under Linux; sound
quality while working doesn't always make that much of a difference for
me. if i really wanted to listen to music alone, i'll just take a walk to
our living room and listen to the music on my JVC micro component system
which i would think sounds better.
do you have a suggested sound card that will run under linux and perhaps
match the sound quality of the SB Live?
eric
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