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On Wednesday, Jun 11, 2003, at 13:50 US/Pacific,
mythtv-users-request@snowman.net wrote:

> Hey guys, probably going to invest in a new sound card
> for the PVR project, old
>
> RH9, Pvr-350, Bose lifestyle surrond sound system. I'm
> currently using a sb PCI128 and it sounds pretty
> tinny thru speakers, low volume too. That is thru the
> OSS drivers, I'm going to play with the Alsa ones as
> well, see if that helps...
>
> Anyone got any recomendations for something that will
> sound good through the surrond sound?

I've had rather good success with an OEM SB Audigy ($50 at a local
shop), which feeds my Yamaha amp a 5.1 signal via a digital coax
connection (it also does analog out, of course). Some of the more
expensive Audigy cards also have an optical digital audio out, if
that's your thing. The Audigy's are also well supported by both OSS and
ALSA, which is a big bonus (if you ask me :).

The cards I REALLY like, though I've never tried either under Linux,
are the TerraTec DMX 6fire 24/96 and the M-Audio Revolution 7.1...

-jcw

I have an OEM SB Live 5.1 ($35) with a optical digital out, but I've
never gotten the Optical audio out to work. I know it's a little
off-topic, but can you let me know how you got yours working? (In
detail!)

Thanks,
-Ian

On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 14:09, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> I've had rather good success with an OEM SB Audigy ($50 at a local
> shop), which feeds my Yamaha amp a 5.1 signal via a digital coax
> connection (it also does analog out, of course). Some of the more
> expensive Audigy cards also have an optical digital audio out, if
> that's your thing. The Audigy's are also well supported by both OSS and
> ALSA, which is a big bonus (if you ask me :).
>
> The cards I REALLY like, though I've never tried either under Linux,
> are the TerraTec DMX 6fire 24/96 and the M-Audio Revolution 7.1...
>
> -jcw
>
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On Thursday, Jun 12, Ian Forde wrote:

> I have an OEM SB Live 5.1 ($35) with a optical digital out, but I've
> never gotten the Optical audio out to work. I know it's a little
> off-topic, but can you let me know how you got yours working? (In
> detail!)

Well, I've got an Audigy, but I believe the same ought to hold true...
Here it goes:

For starters, I think you have to use ALSA if you want to use digital
out. It didn't work for me under OSS on a clean install of RHL9 just
now. I got ALSA back up and running a few minutes ago though. I think
the key is that you have to unmute the digital out channels, and turn
up their volumes with alsamixer.

I am using the mini-coax digital out on the back of the card. I don't
have the expansion module, just the OEM card, so it was my only option.
However, there are settings in alsamixer for the optical ports as well,
but I don't have any, so I can't test 'em, but they ought to work...
Just unmute the optical interface(s), turn up the volume, and all
should be well...

-jcw