From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <8e1a7050bd5014cd657d962554cae0d0@plan9.bell-labs.com> From: David Presotto To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] laptop sound In-Reply-To: <2a28db06755ecef5aceed491ee584654@plan9.bell-labs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-jdxteoaxetfelrdgzcbvadjqrf" Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:37:51 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 55f085ec-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-jdxteoaxetfelrdgzcbvadjqrf Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On that note, admitting our failure at sound, I'ld like to put in a plug for the 'xitel hifi-link dg2'. It's a USB device that has optical out. I use it with a 10 meter fiber to drive my stereo. --upas-jdxteoaxetfelrdgzcbvadjqrf Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from plan9.cs.bell-labs.com ([135.104.9.2]) by plan9; Mon Feb 10 07:07:17 EST 2003 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by plan9; Mon Feb 10 07:07:15 EST 2003 Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.20.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id EBC0619A2F; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 07:07:07 -0500 (EST) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from plan9.cs.bell-labs.com (ampl.com [204.178.31.2]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 3CC0919A2D for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 07:06:12 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <2a28db06755ecef5aceed491ee584654@plan9.bell-labs.com> X-Plan9-Fortune: Don't get shipwrecked as you enter port. From: "Russ Cox" To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] laptop sound In-Reply-To: <2fcefdbc2238ef9a73a666b0954e5df4@plan9.escet.urjc.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 07:06:11 -0500 I had a look at that family of sound chips at one point (it's a CS####) and all the drivers I found were very complicated. It's a shame the SB8 is what everyone is backward compatible with rather than the 16. It seems there are very few sound cards anymore that let you just play sound without requiring you to set up oodles and oodles of extra stuff. At the moment I think the best way to get sound is to use a USB audio adapter (they may be complicated, but they're standard, and we have a driver), though on the 600E that may not be an option. Russ --upas-jdxteoaxetfelrdgzcbvadjqrf--