On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Rages <markrages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Soundcard snobbery doesn't answer my question. Let me rephrase: > > he wasn't being snobbish. he might be wrong though. > >> - I have an AD1986A codec chip on my motherboard. >> - According to its datasheet, AD1986A supports 96 kHz sample rate. >> - /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 doesn't list 96 kHz. >> >> Why? > > because what the codec can do isn't the same as what the soundcard can do. > > the use of the term "codec" in /proc/asound/card0/codec$0" is a bit misleading. > So lspci reports my soundcard as "nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)" Looking around the web, I can see that others have 96 kHz sampling available with this card, although with different (realtek) codecs. Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markrages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user