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creidiki
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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: Good PCI soundcard for HTPC w. SP/DIF out? |
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I'm gonna be building 2 HTPCs for mythtv/general HTPC usage, and I need a good PCI soundcard suggestion for one of them, as it'll be connected to a large digital A/V sound system.
Where good = AC3 output works w. ALSA and its also (possibly) cheap ^.^
Up to now I've only build Windows MCE HTPCs and I use X-Mystique 7.1s because re-encoding 5.1 AAC to AC3 in hardware is nice  |
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creidiki
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Noone?  |
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IQgryn
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| You'll probably have to wait longer than an hour or two for a response; you have a fairly specific question. If you don't get anything by tomorrow, you might try posting in the multimedia section (with a link here). |
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Hobbes-X
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| creidiki wrote: | | Noone? |
I've always used motherboards with built-in optical out like the a Shuttle, the Soyo Dragon Ultra, or anything with the nvidia nForce chipset. Although to be honest, I can't really recommend anything in particular since I haven't setup an optical out yet. I have to finish some house construction stuff to get my receiver and speakers setup the way I wanted, so I've delayed the full surround-sound for now. |
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creidiki
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| IQgryn wrote: | | You'll probably have to wait longer than an hour or two for a response; you have a fairly specific question. If you don't get anything by tomorrow, you might try posting in the multimedia section (with a link here). |
No doubt. Look at the date of the posts |
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IQgryn
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| creidiki wrote: | | No doubt. Look at the date of the posts |
Whoops! No more posting on three hours of sleep for me.  |
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starrbuck
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| The Creative SoundBlaster Audigy SE is very inexpensive and you can add on the Digital I/O Module for the Optical and Coaxial connections for only $14.99 more. I am running this combo successfully on my Gentoo/MythTV box, connected to my home theater system. |
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crims0nst33l
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I have been looking for one too for my HTPC. I'm sold on the HT Omega card, but haven't been able to find someone that has used one in a Linux based system. |
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crims0nst33l
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I have been looking for one too for my HTPC. I'm sold on the HT Omega card, but haven't been able to find someone that has used one in a Linux based system. |
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