On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 18:15 +0100, Kevin Tough wrote: > 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)? PulseAudio doesn't work with ICE1712 cards (without some faffing around with manual config files, anyway). You could use PulseAudio with JACK indeed, however all the programs listed can talk to JACK natively, which would be a better option. JACK works perfectly with the M2496. In JACK you will end up with 10 hardware output ports, and you will be able to individually route audio from whichever program to either the analog outputs, s/pdif, or both at the same time. There is no need to remove PulseAudio; you can set the profile for a particular card to "Off" and it will not touch it at all. > 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. There be dragons down that route, and nobody seriously uses OSS on Linux anyway. > 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? PulseAudio makes some assumptions about audio hardware that doesn't fit the ICE1712, but then PulseAudio is irrelevant to programs like Hydrogen and Ardour. Peter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
