Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: What does the data stream to a sound card look like?

Hi, Nikos and Florian. Thanks for the helpful elucidation. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 04:13:18PM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 28.05.2011 12:19, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: On 05/28/2011 12:50 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo. It occurred to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: What does the data stream to a sound card look like?

Am 28.05.2011 12:19, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: On 05/28/2011 12:50 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo. It occurred to me the other day that I am clueless about how a sound card works. How do the data get into it? Does the sound card use an interrupt to ask for more data? The data is