[mythtv] Sound card suggestions

Nathan Langley mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Wed Jan 8 16:04:33 EST 2003


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Nathan Langley


On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 09:45, Brian Foddy wrote:
> I've had problems getting a SB awe64 to work properly in full duplex,
> so it can record one sound while playing another.  The result
> is I hear both sound tracks overlaid on top of each other.  I'm
> using Mandrake 9.0 and the Alsa drivers.
> 
> So anyway, that was on one machine, now I'm trying to build a
> dedicated prototype machine (Dual P2-450) and since I'll be buying
> a new sound card anyway, I thought I'd ask for good suggestions.
> 
> Besides the obvious working with Mandrake and simple (autodetected) to
> setup, I'd like it to be able to have multiple sound cards per machine
> if I get that far, and fairly priced.
> 
> I was thinking the SB Live cards which I've seen OEM on Pricewatch
> for about $32.  Microcenter has SB PCI-128 for about $20.  And they
> have more expensive TurtleBeach and others also.  
> 
> Maybe the duplex issue is only a problem with my older SBAwe cards,
> but I just wanted to make sure what I buy will work good with Mythtv.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> 
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