<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Lindsay Mathieson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lindsay.mathieson@optusnet.com.au">lindsay.mathieson@optusnet.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Jeremy Sullivan wrote:<br>
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> I'm considering the purchase of a slim PC for MyTV that only accepts<br>
> low profile PCI cards. Is it very difficult to find low profile PCI<br>
> sound and tuner cards with good Linux and MythTV support?<br>
><br>
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</div>Any new motherboard will have good built-in sound, if you pick and<br>
choose you can get 5.1 analog or S/PDIF</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I've had a horrible time finding onboard audio that has *optical* SPDIF as well as the included headers to use it. Lots say SPDIF and 5.1 and 7.1 and all that but lack the actual ports to use it and maybe even decent drivers to go with. I've had far more luck (frontend wise) using PCI audio based on the chipset used in the Turtle Beach Rivera.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kevin</div></div>