[linux-audio-user] linux/ xbox/ audio??

[Patrick Shirkey]

Steve Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 02:31:42 +0100, matthew yee-king wrote:
> 
>>It occurred to me that these boxes might make nifty little DAWs. They
>>look quite rugged and you could fit one in your bag. There isn't any
> 
> 
> Only if you have a big bag!
>  
> 
>>no specifics on audio there either... anyone know any more?
> 
> 
> [All IIRC] its hardware mixed (not that that matters for proaudio), and
> it has some envronmental audio features. It may have hardware assist AC3
> encoding too. The audio out is locked to 48k.
> 
> The biggest problem would be the HD, which has a very slow IDE interface.
> 
> IMHO, the PS2 is a better target. Sony support linux on it, it has decent
> DSP chips, a faster HD and real USB and firewire ports. Plus its smaller.
> 

Also M$ has started shipping new chips on this [ugly, bloated, looks 
like a 486 with a black case] thing and they are causing problems for 
the Linux code developers.


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