[mythtv-users] Sound Cards

[Eloy A. Paris]

"Ronald Kohsman" <Ronald.Kohsman at valuecity.com> writes:

> I have had enough of this Intel AC97 on board crap. What sound board
> do I need to buy the get myself out of this mess? Thanks in advance.

I had enough with my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz cs46xx-based sound card, so
I went out yesterday and bought a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1. After a bit
of trouble playing with the zillion controls in alsamixer to make it
work with MythTV, I was able to get it configured, and now it seems to
be working just fine. Recording works great and even AC3 passthrough
works perfectly. The Sound Blaster Live! was $40.

The cs46xx-based card I had before worked for the most part but had two
problems that made me lose my patience: 1) every now and then (like 1
out of 10 times), a recorded show would come with totally metallic
sound, making it very hard to understand anything, and 2) while
advertised to support it, AC3 passthrough did not work with my receiver.

So, don't come out of a nightmare to get into another one, get yourself
a Sound Blaster (the Live! or the Audigy).

Eloy.-