# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1107560371 0 # Node ID 5eb0f60a6962cdc5c1cb68495320b2d6e232ba88 # Parent bee741382b3704244cc44319e891b9f5d3e726bf Remove outdated and hard to maintain sound driver table. diff -r bee741382b37 -r 5eb0f60a6962 DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml Fri Feb 04 20:47:44 2005 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml Fri Feb 04 23:39:31 2005 +0000 @@ -55,224 +55,6 @@ - -Soundcard experiences, recommendations - -On Linux, a 2.4.x kernel is highly recommended. Kernel 2.2 is not tested. - - - -Linux sound drivers are primarily provided by the free version of OSS. -These drivers have been superseded by ALSA -(Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) in the 2.5 development series.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 -4Front Technologies. -They also support several non-Linux systems. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SOUND CARD - DRIVER - Max kHz - Max Channels - Max Opens - - the number of applications that are able to use - the device at the same time. - - - - - - OSS/Free - ALSA - OSS/Pro - other - - - - - - VIA onboard (686/A/B, 8233, 8235) - - via82cxxx_audio - - snd-via82xx - - - 4-48 kHz or 48 kHz only, depending on the chipset - - - - - - Aureal Vortex 2 - none - none - OK - - Linux Aureal Drivers - buffer size increased to 32k - - 48 - 4.1 - 5+ - - - - SB Live! - Analog OK, S/PDIF not working - Both OK - Both OK - - Creative's OSS driver (S/PDIF support) - - 192 - 4.0/5.1 - 32 - - - - SB 128 PCI (es1371) - OK - ? - - - 48 - stereo - 2 - - - - SB AWE 64 - max 44kHz - 48kHz sounds bad - - - 48 - - - - - - GUS PnP - none - OK - OK - - 48 - - - - - - Gravis UltraSound ACE - - - - - - - - - - - Gravis UltraSound MAX - OK - OK (?) - - - 48 - - - - - - ESS 688 - OK - OK (?) - - - 48 - - - - - - C-Media cards (CMI8338/8738) - OK - OK S/PDIF is supported with ALSA 0.9.x - ? - - 44 - stereo - 1 - - - - Yamaha cards (*ymf*) - not OK (?) (maybe ) - OK only with ALSA 0.5 with OSS emulation - AND (!) (?) - - - - - - - - - Cards with envy24 chips (like Terratec EWS88MT) - ? - ? - OK - - ? - - - - - - PC Speaker or DAC - OK - none - - - Linux PC speaker OSS driver - - The driver emulates 44.1, maybe more. - mono - 1 - - - - - - - -Feedback to this document is welcome. Please tell us how -MPlayer and your sound card(s) worked together. - -