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</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-These drivers have been superseded by 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>