[mythtv-users] Re: Sound Cards

[Jay Goldberg]

Ronald Kohsman 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.
 >
 > Ron

Hi Ron

I'm using the alsa package from Intel.   According to:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/linux/audio.htm

you're screwed if you try to use the drivers in the alsa or kernel
distributions for i810.  So you can use the info at:

http://support.intel.com/design/motherbd/linux/

...I found that downloading the drivers and docs from this page
made for a pretty straightforward install, and everything works
great.  And no need for another sound card.

Make sure that after you build a new kernel and do a 'make modules_install'
that you do a 'make install' in the Intel alsa driver source directory or
your new kernel will be missing some drivers...

	HTH
		Jay
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jay at ransdoc.com                                                             .