Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] shuttle xpcs as linux music boxes?
From: Stephen Hassard (steve_AT_hassard.net)
Date: Wed Apr 07 2004 - 17:05:23 EEST
Hi,
One thing that I've found recently is the Antec Aria case
(http://www.antec-inc.com/aria.html) which fit regular mATX
motherboards, and since it's mATX most motherboards will handle 1 AGP
and 3 PCI cards. It's definitely a little bigger than a Shuttle, but
gives you a lot more choice in chipsets and processors.
later,
Steve
derek holzer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> resurrecting an old thread for my own evil purposes ;-)
>
> I am looking to buy a Shuttle SN41G2 for use in an audio installation at
> European Media Arts Festival this month. Everything looks cool, except
> that VGA Shared Memory. As a devout follower of RME, I read everything
> on their site about hardware recommendations, and one of the big
> warnings is this Shared Graphics Memory. This means that the graphics
> card uses normal RAM for its graphics-handling. The Shuttle says it
> comes with a Geforce4 MX, and that it "features" 128 Mb of shared
> memory. This sounds to me more like 128 Mb that gets taken away from
> audio processing!!
>
> Can anybody tell me if they have run into audio dropout problems with
> this machine, and most importantly while using an add-on soundcard. I
> will be using a Delta 66 in this machine. I know that it gets glitches
> with PD + ALSA with default settings on the built-in Realtek card, but I
> won't be using that anyway....
>
> Other problem I know of is that new kernel modules are needed for the
> built-in NIC ethernet card, but I can handle that.
>
> robcanning wrote:
>
>> Does anybody know if i can access more than 2 the 5.1 outputs on the
>> onboard audio chip with PD or should i go ahead and get an SBLive for 4
>> outs?
>
>
> To answer Rob's question, look for the thread on pd list called "nForce
> chipset". It was generally concluded that using the 5.1 outputs calls on
> *extremely* proprietary Dolby [en/de]coding.
>
> best,
> Derek
>
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