[linux-audio-user] Which new digi-card for my linux box?

[Patrick Shirkey]

Jackson Gibbs wrote:
>>... What drivers are you
>>using? Have you tried both OSS and ALSA?
> 
> 
> I consulted another user somewhere and he suggested trying a couple rpms.  Which I did, to no avail...  I cannot remember which packages these RPMs contained (and since I'm in windoze right now and transferring some music I can't check).
> 
> I'm afraid I'm not really familiar with how drivers work in Linux*...
> 
> So perhaps I should start from the beginning.  Could someone suggest a link or links to get up to speed on how drivers work within Linux and how to go about making my Zoltrix work?  What's the generic course of action to get a soundcard working with SPDIF?
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> -Jackson
> 
> * not that I'm totally ignorant, I have a BS in CS but have never needed to dig into Linux drivers/sound before now.

I'm pretty sure ALSA support for this chipset is fully functional. You 
may need to upgrade your alsa drivers.

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/

The Zoltix is referenced at the bottom of the page. It says there that 
it has optical i/o support.

I'm not sure if there are special tools for using optical i/o pcms in 
ALSA though. Does anyone know about that? I would like to add info to 
the alsa-docs but don't have anything I can test with.




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