[linux-audio-user] shuttle xpcs as linux music boxes?

[Stephen Hassard]

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
>