My goal is to hook up the sound card to my ac3/dts decoder and play DVDs on
linux while getting 5.1 sound on my entertainment system.
I've spent some time looking at alsa support for AC3 over SPDIF (coax) and
what I found was:
- cards based on cmi8738 will apparently do what I want
- some soundblaster cards may too, but:
- I just don't think I'll ever forgive them will killing gravis with
superior marketing and inferior products
- paying $100-$150 for a spiffy box with lots of things I will never use
including windows software, seems like a waste.
- I could not find conclusive evidence that alsa supports sending AC3 over
SPDIF on other cards, but I welcome info in this department
I went to the local Fry's electronics out of lazyness since it's 5mn from
where I live, and couldn't find any ci8738 based cards there.
So my questions are:
- any cmi8738 based cards I can pick up in the silicon valley area?
- any other cards/chips that will do what I'm looking for?
- any on line store that may have what I'm looking for?
Thanks in advance,
Marc
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