mythtv at muddysmind
Dec 7, 2003, 5:46 PM
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Just a tip on that SB live card, if you recompile your kernel to include
the driver for it instead of using it as a module it only shows the
controls that work.Cuts all that garbage out.
On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 19:37, Eloy A. Paris wrote:
> "Ronald Kohsman" <Ronald.Kohsman [at] valuecity> writes:
>
> > I have had enough of this Intel AC97 on board crap. What sound board
> > do I need to buy the get myself out of this mess? Thanks in advance.
>
> I had enough with my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz cs46xx-based sound card, so
> I went out yesterday and bought a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1. After a bit
> of trouble playing with the zillion controls in alsamixer to make it
> work with MythTV, I was able to get it configured, and now it seems to
> be working just fine. Recording works great and even AC3 passthrough
> works perfectly. The Sound Blaster Live! was $40.
>
> The cs46xx-based card I had before worked for the most part but had two
> problems that made me lose my patience: 1) every now and then (like 1
> out of 10 times), a recorded show would come with totally metallic
> sound, making it very hard to understand anything, and 2) while
> advertised to support it, AC3 passthrough did not work with my receiver.
>
> So, don't come out of a nightmare to get into another one, get yourself
> a Sound Blaster (the Live! or the Audigy).
>
> Eloy.-
>
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