[alsa-devel] Will there ever be emu20k1/x-fi support in Alsa?

Ted T. Logian tedtheologian at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 02:46:22 CEST 2008


Yes, but it is better than nothing, and perhaps some of that is a
limitation of oss4:).

On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 10:41 +0400, The Source wrote:

> That driver isn't too good unfortunately. No surround support, sample 
> rate stuck at 96000Hz and is read-only (this makes apps that require 
> explicit sample rate to fail to use sound), no pulse-audio compatibility 
> (pulse-audio fails to load oss modules).
> 
> Ted T. Logian ?????:
> > >From what I understand, they did not use creative code/license for the
> > oss4 support, so I wouldn't see why not.
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 23:25 +0200, Sebastian Schneider wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Isn't it a question of the license? I mean is it allowed just to port the OSS Code with the Creative Part to Alsa?
> >>
> >>     
> >>> I had to ask because oss4 has had emu20k1/x-fi support for a long time
> >>> now.  However, it has the obvious limitations of oss4 and also you
> >>> cannot use usb microphones, so I can't use skype which I'd really like
> >>> to do.
> >>>
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