Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] SB-Live latency issues (yuck)
From: Tony Lambley (tonyl_AT_vextech.net)
Date: Tue Jan 01 2002 - 00:21:13 EET
Dave,
I've got the same card (1024?) for my linux boot and don't have any
problems. No drop-outs, pops, glitches. Granted, I probably wouldn't record
from it, but it's pretty clean (for what I paid) and feels only slightly
`thinner' than the ds2416; certainly no worse than doze playing mp3 fodder
(xmms and k-wotsitcalled).
I've used most vanilla 2.4.x kernels with it (had to use a few -ac kernels
along the way). What dist are you using?
Regards,
Tony
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> gang,
>
> After tolerating pathetic performance from a SB Live (emu10k1) sound
> card for a LONG time under kernel 2.2.19, I finally got around to
> dropping a (cheap) ensoniq 5880 pci card into the same box, and
> configuring drivers for both cards as modules under kernel 2.4.14 and
> 2.4.16 (.16 with and without low-latency patches).
>
> To my dismay, the ensoniq card has NO dropout problems at all, where the
> SB Live has horrible dropouts when playing mp3 files (mpg123). The
> dropouts occur under light load, and can be triggered by switching
> workspaces or moving a window in blackbox. The ensoniq card is rock
> solid even when web browsing or downloading LARGE files to the same
> drive as the mp3 files that are playing.
>
> Sadly, the SB Live card work(ed) great under windoze, but i no longer
> run windoze on this box.
>
> Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced PCI sound card that works well
> under linux, and has good recording and playback quality ('near
> audiophile')? ... It seems as thought the emu10k1 has a checkered
> past in the open source world, and the picture does not seems to be
> looking any brighter.
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