Le Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:15:03 +0100, Kevin Tough <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a Ãcrit : > Hi Peter, > > I would like to be able to output from this card on both the analog > and s/pdif outputs from vlc, hydrogen and/or Ardour. Is this > possible? Some forums suggest to get rid of Pulseaudio but perhaps I > didn't understand this because if you choose to remove Pulseaudio > with the package-manager Fedora will suggest to remove a large part > of your software. > > Jack seems to be suggested for any professional work. By using the two > scripts from your website would the outputs of the m2496 be better > (both active)? > > M_Audio has a third party that offers Linux support for $50 (4Front) > and they use a OSS software. I would like to keep as much to the > direction Fedora offers its users. I have broken installs before so > third party solutions do make me feel uneasy. > > I have not found much information on Pulseaudio and the future > possibilities with the ICE1712 chipset. Would you recommend other > cards or is this card a good choice? I am running an ICE1724 MAudio 24192. It work just fine with JACK and the ICE-1724 driver. 192 kHz can be an overkill, but the plus of the 24192 for me is its balanced/unbalanced 6.3 mm. jack ins/outs. Otherwise, those 2 cards are very similar from the outside. Alsamixer will give you only a PCM mixer. The other controls are switches and enums for routing. That imply than JACK is a must with such a card for its software mixing capabilities. An external hardware mixer can also be a plus, or will be needed if you want to plug in a MIC. The ins/outs have line levels higher than most (if not all) consumer grade audio equipements. Both are very nice cards for the price and they are working very well with JACK and ALSA. I don't tested the s/pdif parts, but according to the ALSA site, it look like to be relatively easy to make them to work. Ciao, Dominique > > Namaste, > > Kevin Tough > > > On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 16:12 +0000, Peter Nelson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 16:36 +0100, Kevin Tough wrote: > > > > > > *** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > > > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog] > > > Subdevices: 1/1 > > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > > card 1: M2496 [M Audio Audiophile 24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi > > > [ICE1712 multi] > > > Subdevices: 1/1 > > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > > > > > When I type the following command my DACs are working (Analog > > > Outputs): $ aplay -D plughw:1 /tmp/Track6.wav > > > > > > The card number can also be M2496 or even 1,0. Now I know that the > > > analog outs work :-) The negative part is that the s/pdif output > > > then does not work. > > > > The 'trick' to avoiding problems with the device numbering changing > > is to use "M2496" instead of "0" or "1", i.e. hw:M2496. > > > > > If I drop the 'plug' in front of hw the 'Playing WAVE...' line > > > comes and then also 'aplay: set_params:1053: Sample format not > > > available Available formats: -S32_LE > > > > ICE1712 cards only accept one sample format, and also only 10 > > channel output / 12 channel input (yes, no simple 2 channel stereo, > > really), so for most purposes you will have to use default:M2496 or > > plughw:M2496. > > > > > If I use Vlc and with my Fedora 13 play music through the S/PDIF > > > outputs of the card the aplay command returns 'aplay: main:654: > > > audio open error: Device or resource busy. > > > > spdif:M2496 should work on these, but probably not if anything else > > is accessing the rest of device at the same time. On an M2496, > > s/pdif is on channels 9/10 of the 10 channel output and 12 channel > > input (channels 11/12 on the input are monitors of the output), > > which is quite useful for JACK; less so for simple programs that > > assume stereo... > > > > Peter. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > > price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. 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