New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: PCI Express or Firewire interface with TOSLINK

10 Sep 2006

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   > I'm
looking for either a PCI Express or Firewire interface that has AT
 > LEAST 16 channels in and out (preferably 24) of lightpipe (TOSLINK)
 > I/O that works in Linux as I'm wondering if it's possible to use an
 > 02R96 with one of the new Mac Pros (which do not have any standard PCI
 > slots). They come with TOSLINK I/O but it's only one port in and out
 > and I imagine they probably aren't working in Linux yet. 
Those TOSLINK connections are stereo only or if you have an external AC3
decoder, then you could pull out a 5.1 (I've heard that they may have had
some problems with this and that the feature might be temporarily
unavailable). Either way, that particular connector is a far cry from your
24-channel requirement. 
Yikes. I missed that on the spec. Thanks for the heads up. That seems
odd that they would use optical instead of just SPDIF.

Thanks, Rich(ard)
-- 
Richard Edward Horner
Composer
Electric Guitar Virtuoso
http://richhorner.com - updated June 8th

[linux-audio-user] RE: PCI Express or Firewire interface with TOSLINK