Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Andrei M. Zaparii
22.02.08, 02:42, Florian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, on our IBM/Lenovo T60 laptop, we want higher audio quality than the built-in HD-Audio, especially low latency - in the range of 1 millisecond or lower. Can anyone recommend a PCCard/Cardbus soundcard, or possibly a USB card supported by

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Florian
Hi Andrei, yes, I know that USB (especially 1.x) may transfer data in time slices of 1 ms or larger. I don't know exactly about USB 2.0, so I didn't want to rule it out. Myself I tried several solutions, including terratec usb xs sound card, and ended with echo indigo io. I think You should

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Florian
Hi Bill, thanks for the replies. Yes, we are doing research on ultra-low latencies with accompanying realtime Linux and realtime software. With good PCI cards, our test synthesizer can run quite stable at 8 samples per period (and 2 periods per buffer) at 192KHz. Now for presentations we need to

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Bill Unruh
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Florian wrote: Hi Bill, thanks for the replies. Yes, we are doing research on ultra-low latencies with accompanying realtime Linux and realtime software. With good PCI cards, our test synthesizer can run quite stable at 8 samples per period (and 2 periods per buffer) at

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Florian
But the laptop is not running realtime linux is it? It has sure it is... loads of potential latencies and stuff demanding the system's attention-- page swapping, program swapping, etc. So why would you think that it would work on Linux without underruns? If you wnat 1ms latencies, your

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Florian
On 2/22/2008 11:55 AM, Florian wrote: But the laptop is not running realtime linux is it? It has sure it is... to clarify: this is not a full realtime or embedded linux, it's Redhat's RHEL 5 with their realtime kernel. Florian loads of potential latencies and stuff demanding the system's

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Bill Unruh
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Florian wrote: But the laptop is not running realtime linux is it? It has sure it is... loads of potential latencies and stuff demanding the system's attention-- page swapping, program swapping, etc. So why would you think that it would work on Linux without underruns?

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread James Shatto
Can anyone recommend a PCCard/Cardbus soundcard, or possibly a USB card supported by alsa and which you've been able to run with low latency? The USB bus speed probably isn't going to ensure low latency. Most USB soundcards seem limited to two channels and 48kHz. I'd recommend a

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Florian
very good sound reproduction) but I certainly have never tested its latency. Not sure how you would do so, since your ear certainly cannot hear time differences on the level of msec. the beauty (and the whole idea of using real-time audio for showcasing realtime systems) is that you WILL

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Florian
On 2/22/2008 1:40 PM, James Shatto wrote: The USB bus speed probably isn't going to ensure low latency. Most USB soundcards seem limited to two channels and 48kHz. I'd recommend a PCCard/Cardbus or Firewire device. yes, I assumed that. Is there any reason you're wanting to use something

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 13:59 +0100, Florian wrote: we manage to get down to 8 milliseconds buffer size at CD quality without glitches with the onboard soundcard (Intel HDA). However, we would like to use sub-millisecond buffer sizes. Any chance you could share your setup for that? I struggle

Re: [Alsa-user] Laptop soundcard recommendations?

2008-02-22 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Florian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the laptop is not running realtime linux is it? It has sure it is... loads of potential latencies and stuff demanding the system's attention-- page swapping, program swapping, etc. So why would you think that it

[Alsa-user] intel-hda alc888 problem

2008-02-22 Thread Mark Marszal
Hi, I am having constant problems with alsa and my sound card. The hardware in question is an Asrock 4coredual-sata2 motherboard, which houses an VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10) that uses the alc888 codec. The main problem is that either by random chance (which is usually

[Alsa-user] hda_intel no microphone

2008-02-22 Thread Ferry Toth
Hi all, My hda_intel alc662 sound card works fine, except for the microphone. I have a front and back plug, but both give no results. Strange: microphone sliders are only shown in the output tabs of the mixer (kmix), not on the input. Is there a configuration problem here? dmesg shows the

Re: [Alsa-user] hda_intel no microphone

2008-02-22 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Ferry Toth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SW Linux version 2.6.22-3-686 (Debian 2.6.22-6.lenny1) alsa 1.015-4 Please try newer ALSA, either 1.0.16 or (ideally) the latest HG snapshot. Lee -

[Alsa-user] No sound with on-board CM6501 USB

2008-02-22 Thread Neil Schemenauer
I did some googling and it looks like other people have gotten sound working on this motherboard (Asus M2N-E SLI). The driver seems to load but I get no sound. I've tried plugging the speakers into every sound jack. Here's the output from the ALSA info script: http://pastebin.ca/914731 I

[Alsa-user] Cannot capture from Docking Mic

2008-02-22 Thread Christian Kellner
I have a Inter HDA device and my problem is that I want to capture input (e.g. in Ekiga for VOIP) from the mic port of my dock (Thinkpad T61p withAdvanced mini dock) While I can listen to the input from this port, It seems to me that I cannot capure from it. The reason might be that I can