On 22-08-08 17:37, Grant wrote: >>> I'm going to donate a 24-bit capable sound card to the mpd project to >>> add 24-bit support. Can anyone recommend an inexpensive one that is >>> 24-bit capable and PCI, PCIe, or USB? >> For inexpensive, I believe one of the CMI cards would be a good choice. >> Note, I haven't any and you want to check specific support for (the exact >> chip on) the one you'd get but as far as I'm aware, any current CMI chip >> does 24-bit. > > OK, a little more digging and that cmedia link must have had a typo. > There is also a chipset called the CMI8788 contained by the "bluegears > b-Enspirer" which is about $100. I've read that CMI cards have good > ALSA support. Does this sound like a good one? Sounds a bit expensive -- if I'm not mistaken those cards can be had locally from brands such as Trust and Club 3D but also a nicer brand such as TerraTec for around EUR50. It's a bit hard to make sure as online stores seem to not consider the audio-chipset marketable information. Otherwise, yes, probably okay, but you want to cross-reference tbis with the driver author, placed in CC. I haven't a modern CMI card so wouldn't know about gotchas such as 24-bit for playback and not capture and stuff like that. Rene. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
