On Tuesday 24 November 2020, Edward via tde-users wrote: > On 11/23/20 3:41 PM, BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote: > > On Monday 23 November 2020, Edward via tde-users wrote: > >> On 11/23/20 11:40 AM, BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote: > >>> Ok update on the audio card question. > >>> > >>> Card chosen = SB Audigy RX - 100% natively supported. Please note this > >>> card has an optical io port that is ON by default when first > >>> installed. Turn it off to activate the 1/8 jacks. Otherwise there will > >>> be no signal out or in (no audio/mic/ or linein). > >>> > >>> The sound quality is as good as the card it replaced which is now in > >>> Gary's (brother from another mother) computer. He's having fun. Sadly, > >>> the RX, doesn't have a break out box like the Platinum does, so I have > >>> to make one. No biggy, 3 wires in a project box. > >>> > >>> According to the headaches I gave out freely at Creative Labs and a > >>> variety of other source. Any emu10kx chip is native on linux and, > >>> infact, has better support than mac and windows. Yeeeah for us. > >>> > >>> So.. solved, concluded, moving on (if anyone has any question please > >>> feel free to ask). > >> > >> This is good to know. I had been looking at my Creative Sound Blaster > >> Live! 5.1 (legacy PCI) sound card, which I believe has a year in the > >> early 2000's shown on its printed circuit board and have been > >> contemplating installing it in the other desktop, just to see if it > >> still works and if the audio is better than what's provided from the > >> on-board (NVIDIA). > >> > >> ____________________________________________________ > > > > I have tons of those and they all work perfectly. In fact, this machine > > has one Live! 5.1 and it's working grand. > > > > Go for it. > > > > Kate > > I have not yet put the card in, but had a thought... The sound cards > from that era, have a jack where an audio cable connected it to the > CD/DVD drive. Where the card would override the on-board audio once > installed, would that audio cable still be necessary today, or would > today's motherboards know to route the audio from the CD/DVD through the > motherboard, directly to the sound card? I haven't actually looked at > the back of the DVD drive to see if it even has that connection on it. > That system is from 2009. > > ____________________________________________________ Hi Ed, OK kscd does need the cable however, Amarok, smplayer, vlc don't. I think anything that can use advanced audio setting or software like pulseaudio will play without the cable. I hope this helps, Kate ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
