[mythtv-users] Grrrr, I can't figure out if I hate alsa or Creative!!!

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 14 November 2003 03:10, Carlos J. Talbot wrote:
> William H. Gilmore wrote:
> > If you got this far and are entertained, then please do one of the
> > following:
> >
> >    1. Post your story of Linux/MythTV pain!
> >    2. Offer an opinion about the best OS is for MythTV. As you can
> >       tell from above, I am currently using RedHat and am facing
> > the dilemma of where to go. Is Fedora the right answer or should I
> > consider …
> >
> > Have a great day!!!
> >
> > William
>
> Have you tried out the commercial OSS drivers? (
> http://www.opensound.com ) They support all the cards you've
> mentioned. You'd be surprised how easy to configure the driver is
> compared to ALSA not to mention stability. When I first started out
> with MythTV the alsa drivers for the MAudio audiophile 24/96 (my
> current card) were rather limited. Price is fairly reasonable - 15
> bucks for personal use.

They're very good with tech support, too.  When the version I was using 
broke under a new kernel, a developer worked with me for a week or so, 
sending me test builds until we got one that worked.  I found out later 
that the guy was the president of the company!

-JAC