[LAU] hda_codec_analog 96000 sampling rate?

Mark Rages markrages at gmail.com
Mon Nov 29 22:32:30 UTC 2010


On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mark Rages <markrages at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Soundcard snobbery doesn't answer my question.  Let me rephrase:
>
> he wasn't being snobbish. he might be wrong though.
>
>>  - I have an AD1986A codec chip on my motherboard.
>>  - According to its datasheet, AD1986A supports 96 kHz sample rate.
>>  - /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 doesn't list 96 kHz.
>>
>> Why?
>
> because what the codec can do isn't the same as what the soundcard can do.
>
> the use of the term "codec" in /proc/asound/card0/codec$0" is a bit misleading.
>

So lspci reports my soundcard as "nVidia Corporation MCP51 High
Definition Audio (rev a2)"

Looking around the web, I can see that others have 96 kHz sampling
available with this card, although with different (realtek) codecs.

Regards,
Mark
markrages at gmail
-- 
Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
markrages at midwesttelecine.com


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