On 9/11/06, Richard Edward Horner <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I'm looking for either a PCI Express or Firewire interface that has AT >> > LEAST 16 channels in and out (preferably 24) of lightpipe (TOSLINK) >> > I/O that works in Linux as I'm wondering if it's possible to use an >> > 02R96 with one of the new Mac Pros (which do not have any standard PCI >> > slots). They come with TOSLINK I/O but it's only one port in and out >> > and I imagine they probably aren't working in Linux yet. > >Those TOSLINK connections are stereo only or if you have an external AC3 >decoder, then you could pull out a 5.1 (I've heard that they may have had >some problems with this and that the feature might be temporarily >unavailable). Either way, that particular connector is a far cry from your >24-channel requirement. Yikes. I missed that on the spec. Thanks for the heads up. That seems odd that they would use optical instead of just SPDIF. Thanks, Rich(ard) -- Richard Edward Horner Composer Electric Guitar Virtuoso http://richhorner.com - updated June 8th
might have to write drivers for this pci-e card: http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/symphony.php
