Re: supported Audio card with SPDIF input
On 2018-07-24, Diana Eichert wrote: > I'm trying to connect to an audio system that only has SPDIF output. > I looked at man pages but nothing obvious regarding supported audio > devices with SPDIF input support. > > Anyone have recommendations? Or is it supported? Your best bet is azalia(4), i.e, it needs to be supported by the motherboard. There are uaudio(4) devices with SPDIF output, however there you may run into issues with our USB support and audio devices. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
Re: supported Audio card with SPDIF input
On 2018-07-24 17:54, Diana Eichert wrote: ok, answered my own question by grep'ng within /usr/share/man/man4, looks like azalia(4) systems. Was hoping for something usb attached but no such luck. On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Diana Eichert wrote: I'm trying to connect to an audio system that only has SPDIF output. I looked at man pages but nothing obvious regarding supported audio devices with SPDIF input support. Anyone have recommendations? Or is it supported? Very broadly speaking, as long as the USB device conforms to the USB Audio Class spec, it doesn't matter whether it's got S/PDIF or Coax or 2xRCA or XLR - audio waveforms should still get transferred from PC to output. What I think you might lose is any sort of decent mixer control, although with S/PDIF I expect you might not really care about that? Caveat: I have not personally tried a USB-to-S/PDIF audio device, but I *have* read the specs and the datasheets. In theory, theory is the same as reality... Best-case, a USB SPDIF output device would a) conform to the USB Audio Device Class interface, and b) report that it has no adjustable mixers, so that on the software side, the mixer doesn't get confused. -Adam
Re: supported Audio card with SPDIF input
Correction, it's an E17k. The E17 should work too, though. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:02 AM, Sterling Archer wrote: > I have an FiiO E17 that works out of the box on OpenBSD, and it has > coaxial spdif input. > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:54 AM, Diana Eichert wrote: >> ok, answered my own question by grep'ng within /usr/share/man/man4, >> looks like azalia(4) systems. Was hoping for something usb attached >> but no such luck. >> >> >> >> On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Diana Eichert wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to connect to an audio system that only has SPDIF output. >>> I looked at man pages but nothing obvious regarding supported audio >>> devices with SPDIF input support. >>> >>> Anyone have recommendations? Or is it supported? >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> diana >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > :wq! -- :wq!
Re: supported Audio card with SPDIF input
I have an FiiO E17 that works out of the box on OpenBSD, and it has coaxial spdif input. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:54 AM, Diana Eichert wrote: > ok, answered my own question by grep'ng within /usr/share/man/man4, > looks like azalia(4) systems. Was hoping for something usb attached > but no such luck. > > > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Diana Eichert wrote: > >> I'm trying to connect to an audio system that only has SPDIF output. >> I looked at man pages but nothing obvious regarding supported audio >> devices with SPDIF input support. >> >> Anyone have recommendations? Or is it supported? >> >> thanks >> >> diana >> >> >> > -- :wq!
Re: supported Audio card with SPDIF input
ok, answered my own question by grep'ng within /usr/share/man/man4, looks like azalia(4) systems. Was hoping for something usb attached but no such luck. On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Diana Eichert wrote: I'm trying to connect to an audio system that only has SPDIF output. I looked at man pages but nothing obvious regarding supported audio devices with SPDIF input support. Anyone have recommendations? Or is it supported? thanks diana
supported Audio card with SPDIF input
I'm trying to connect to an audio system that only has SPDIF output. I looked at man pages but nothing obvious regarding supported audio devices with SPDIF input support. Anyone have recommendations? Or is it supported? thanks diana
