Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] question re: optical spdif/in cards
From: Paul Davis (paul_AT_linuxaudiosystems.com)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 19:16:08 EET
>On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 04:52:40 +0100, Thomas Vander Stichele wrote:
>> I've been looking at specs of the Hammerfall Light, it seems to feature
>> more than one ADAT input port, which from the docs looks to be the same
>> type of connector as optical spdif. I'm just not very sure from the docs
>> if this will really work; ie if one Hamerfall Light can record two spdif
>> signals simultaneously.
>
>Phyically the same, but not the same data signal. However one of the
>inputs can be configured to accept TOSLINK. There is also a coaxial RCA
>style S/PDIF input, and you can get boxes to convert between coaxial and
>optical S/PDIF for EUR 30 or so, so it is possible, but not ideal.
nope. the hammerfall is configured to receive S/PDIF from one of 3
possible sources: the coaxial connector, ADAT1 or the internal pins
(for digital cd output). it cannot receive S/PDIF from two sources at
once.
if you want to do this, i think you will need a format converter to
convert s/pdif to adat, and then use any card that handles at least
one adat connector (8 channels).
--p
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