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Remove outdated and hard to maintain sound driver table.

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  If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking as
  described in the <link linkend="drives">CD-ROM</link> section.
</para>
</sect2>

<sect2 id="experiences">
<title>Soundcard experiences, recommendations</title>
<para>
On Linux, a 2.4.x kernel is highly recommended. Kernel 2.2 is not tested.
</para>

<para>
Linux sound drivers are primarily provided by the free version of OSS.
These drivers have been superseded by <ulink url="http://www.alsa-project.org">ALSA</ulink>
(Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) in the 2.5 development series. If
your distribution does not already use ALSA you may wish to try their
drivers if you experience sound problems. ALSA drivers are generally
superior to OSS in compatibility, performance and features. But some
sound cards are only supported by the commercial OSS drivers from
<ulink url="http://www.opensound.com/">4Front Technologies</ulink>.
They also support several non-Linux systems.
</para>

<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="8">
  <colspec colname="c1"/>
  <colspec colname="c2"/>
  <colspec colname="c3"/>
  <colspec colname="c4"/>
  <colspec colname="c5"/>
  <colspec colname="c6"/>
  <colspec colname="c7"/>
  <colspec colname="c8"/>
  <spanspec spanname="driver" namest="c2" nameend="c5"/>
  <spanspec spanname="ossfree" namest="c2" nameend="c2"/>
  <spanspec spanname="alsa" namest="c3" nameend="c3"/>
  <spanspec spanname="osspro" namest="c4" nameend="c4"/>
  <spanspec spanname="others" namest="c5" nameend="c5"/>
<thead>
  <row>
    <entry morerows="2" valign="middle">SOUND CARD</entry>
    <entry spanname="driver">DRIVER</entry>
    <entry morerows="2" valign="middle">Max kHz</entry>
    <entry morerows="2" valign="middle">Max Channels</entry>
    <entry morerows="2" valign="middle">Max Opens
      <footnote id="maxopens">
        <para>the number of applications that are able to use
          the device <emphasis>at the same time</emphasis>.</para>
      </footnote>
    </entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry spanname="ossfree">OSS/Free</entry>
    <entry spanname="alsa">ALSA</entry>
    <entry spanname="osspro">OSS/Pro</entry>
    <entry spanname="others">other</entry>
  </row>
</thead>

<tbody>
  <row>
    <entry>VIA onboard (686/A/B, 8233, 8235)</entry>
    <entry>
      <ulink url="http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3242&amp;release_id=59602">via82cxxx_audio</ulink>
    </entry>
    <entry>snd-via82xx</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>4-48 kHz or 48 kHz only, depending on the chipset</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>Aureal Vortex 2</entry>
    <entry>none</entry>
    <entry>none</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry>
      <ulink url="http://aureal.sf.net">Linux Aureal Drivers</ulink>
      <ulink url="http://makacs.poliod.hu/~pontscho/aureal/au88xx-1.1.3.tar.bz2">buffer size increased to 32k</ulink>
    </entry>
    <entry>48</entry>
    <entry>4.1</entry>
    <entry>5+</entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>SB Live!</entry>
    <entry>Analog OK, S/PDIF not working</entry>
    <entry>Both OK</entry>
    <entry>Both OK</entry>
    <entry>
      <ulink url="http://opensource.creative.com">Creative's OSS driver (S/PDIF support)</ulink>
    </entry>
    <entry>192</entry>
    <entry>4.0/5.1</entry>
    <entry>32</entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>SB 128 PCI (es1371)</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry>?</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>48</entry>
    <entry>stereo</entry>
    <entry>2</entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>SB AWE 64</entry>
    <entry>max 44kHz</entry>
    <entry>48kHz sounds bad</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>48</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>GUS PnP</entry>
    <entry>none</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>48</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>Gravis UltraSound ACE</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>Gravis UltraSound MAX</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry>OK (?)</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>48</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>ESS 688</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry>OK (?)</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>48</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>C-Media cards (CMI8338/8738)</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry>OK S/PDIF is supported with ALSA 0.9.x</entry>
    <entry>?</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>44</entry>
    <entry>stereo</entry>
    <entry>1</entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>Yamaha cards (*ymf*)</entry>
    <entry>not OK (?) (maybe <option>-ao sdl</option>)</entry>
    <entry>OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation
      <emphasis role="bold">AND</emphasis> <option>-ao sdl</option> (!) (?)</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT)</entry>
    <entry>?</entry>
    <entry>?</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>?</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry></entry>
  </row>

  <row>
    <entry>PC Speaker or DAC</entry>
    <entry>OK</entry>
    <entry>none</entry>
    <entry></entry>
    <entry>
      <ulink url="http://www.geocities.com/stssppnn/pcsp.html">Linux PC speaker OSS driver</ulink>
    </entry>
    <entry>The driver emulates 44.1, maybe more.</entry>
    <entry>mono</entry>
    <entry>1</entry>
  </row>

</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>

<para>
Feedback to this document is welcome. Please tell us how
<application>MPlayer</application> and your sound card(s) worked together.
</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="af">
<title>Audio filters</title>

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  If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking as
  described in the <link linkend="drives">CD-ROM</link> section.
</para>
</sect2>


</sect1>

<sect1 id="af">
<title>Audio filters</title>