[linux-audio-user] audiophile 2496 - spdif in

[Rick Taylor]

>Rick Taylor wrote:
>>jordan muscott <morsecode at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>Thanks for that.... but I've just discovered that ecasound records 
>>>without any of the problems I was experiencing with arecord, so I'll 
>>>save your advice for when/if I get any other related problems :)
>>>
>>>Oh btw, I did use Mandrake, and briefly Redhat for about 18 months 
>>>before I switched to Slackware, and to be honest I prefer Slackware... I 
>>>haven't had that much trouble setting things up how I want, ok 
>>>    
>>>
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>> Aside from your peripherals.
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>Would this really be any easier with another distro? Bearing in mind 
>that all I've tried so far with Slackware is swapping the slots which my 
>sound card and ethernet card are plugged into, and now things seem to 
>work with ecasound anyway ( i did  another thread in the archives that 
>said that arecord is only intended as a demo app and shouldn't be relied 
>on for serious work, which would explain why it gave me problems.)

 I've not had any problems with redhat or debian setting up the pci stuff
properly.

 It's up to you I suppose.