Thanks for following up on this. HoverHell <hoverhell <at> gmail.com> writes: > Well, I get sound of it, pretty nice stereo quality. But for > everything else... > I had to use alsa's softvol since alsa driver gets no mixers from it. > No luck as of yet getting volume handle or IR remote working (see > thread in lirc-users regarding the IR). I need a USB card for a home media system, and I don't care too much about volume controls or the remote. This is not an issue for me. > I didn't try actually using surround sound, so don't know about that. > Although 5-channel output does work. What's the difference between 5-channel and surround (apart from 5 vs. 6 channels)? Which kernel version do you run? > So, I wouldn't personally recommend getting this device since there > probably are more linux-compatible and more cheap USB alternatives > (non-Creative). According to the graphs on hardware.info, the X-Fi's perform fairly better than the ALSA-recommended TerraTec Aureon 5.1 USB MKII. So I'd buy the former if possible. Do you have any other card to recommend for this purpose? Price is not a matter as long as it's under $100. ;) Thanks, -- cc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
