[linux-audio-user] USB hardware: Audigy 2 NX / Extigy

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:51:19 +0100 (MET),
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> 
> > - 5.1 audio out
> 
> 5.1 over USB is tricky because of the relatively low USB 1.1 bandwith.
> 
> The Extigy can play AC3 data, but _not_ with the ALSA driver. I don't
> know if it can handle uncompressed 6-channel data.

no, it can't.  it seems that the device receives an ADPCM-like
compression format.


Takashi