On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 06:34 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 11:13 +1000, Ben Briedis wrote: > > > > a PCIe-to-PCI adapter with the RME HDSP 9632 as I'd like to put the > > card > > in a small form box (mini-ITX). Almost none of those have 32-bit PCI > > slots. > > I guess there could be some danger of the adapter causing problems > > though... > > On my board it's connected to a PCIe slot and for Linux I get xruns even ^^^^ the AIO > with a high latency and there seemingly is audio jitter, since it The risk to get jitter might be more likely, if you use an adapter. I might be mistaken. > doesn't sound as bright as it should do. So I installed FreeBSD and > Windows XP to test the card. On Windows there aren't gaps and the sound > card does sound much better. I bought the card because it was > recommended by the Linux community. However, in the end it was my > decision to buy it, I don't blame anybody else for that. > > If more Linux users would buy this card, then perhaps somebody with the > needed knowledge is willing to help. I contacted RME and they are > willing to help the Linux community, it's just a manpower issue for > Linux. I neither have the knowledge, nor the money to pay somebody to > continue programming the driver. > > Since I experience the card not to provide all 8 ADAT channels and > somebody else on this list mentioned, that it can't be used with the > extension cards, it might be not a good idea to get this card for Linux. > > I don't want to use FreeBSD for audio and I never ever will use Windows > for anything, but testing the card. For my needs it wasn't a good choice > to buy the card. > > Regards, > Ralf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user