Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 14646:5eb0f60a6962
Remove outdated and hard to maintain sound driver table.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:39:31 +0000 |
| parents | bee741382b37 |
| children | e12901b28472 |
| files | DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 218 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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 @@ </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 -These drivers have been superseded by 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&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>