At Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:36:20 +0200 (METDST), Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: > > At 16:24 2003-06-24 +0200, Maciej Stachura wrote: > > >What is the "VIA DXS" control for? > > The DXS device can play several (four?) streams simultaneously, with > hardware mixing. (But you have to use 48 kHz because the DXS's sample > rate converter is even worse than VIA's usual quality.)
VIA chip itself doesn't do the rate conversion. in fact, in the ALSA driver, the rate is "locked" with the firstly-used rate. the problem of 48k is not because of the audio chip itself but usually the bug of BIOS. typically an AWARD BIOS has (had?) this bug. you can use the recent "dxs_support" module option for specifying the behavior of the driver, btw. > > DXS stands for "direct sound." What "direct sound" means is one of life's > > little mysteries... > > It's the name of an audio API on a certain OS not-to-be-named. You > don't want me to post a link to the Evil Empire(TM), do you? ;-) hehe. the word "direct sound" is used in many other chips, too, but in different manners. oh that this too too solid marketing would melt... Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
