On Fri 27 Jan 06, 12:50 PM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 05:06:09AM -0500, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > Analog extraction is where the the cd is read, the signal goes through a > > cable between the cd player and sound card, which gets pumped through your > > speakers. Point being, a physical connection between the cd drive and sound > > card is required. > > > > Digital extraction is where the cd is read, and the signal gets pumped > > through the ATA port to your speakers. This is more efficient from the > > CPU's standpoint. > > Woah, I would think this is way LESS efficient.
No. The CPU is involved in many read-copy operations when the signal passes through the sound card. AFAIK, the north and south bridge use DMA during digital extraction. Pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
