'Terra NovA' B. Loeding wrote:
> Ok. First question. I've got a SB Awe64PCI.
> What is the difference between the es1370 driver
> and the es1371 driver?
One driver is for the ES1370 ASIC and the other
one for the ES1371 ASIC :-) The main difference
between these chips is the codec interface.
The latter supports the generic AC97 interface,
which means it has to have built in sample
rate converters.
> and I have sound... kind of. I can play audio CD's
> fine but the volume is so low I can barely hear it.
> The same goes for sound samples but I also find a
> large drop in sound quality too.
use a tool like xmixer to increase the volume.
Also enable CD as a recording source.
> What's the difference between /dev/audio and /dev/dsp?
The default sample format for /dev/audio is ALAW (or was
it ULAW?), which is not supported by the es137* drivers.
/dev/dsp's default is linear 8bit.
> Why do most command line sound programs want to output
> to /dev/audio by default?
Maybe inherited from old Sun audio hardware.
> Why I'm I not getting any sound from /dev/dsp?
maybe because the mixer volume is too low?
> Why is the lineout channel (dsp1) so low on volume?
Same as above probably
> How do I tell the es1370 driver to have the joystick port
> ON by default?
Joystick might be a bit of a problem currently, you might
need to delete the request_region for the joystick ports
> How do I use /dev/midi? Nothing seems to work.
/dev/midi is possibly not what you want, it is a
raw interface to the MIDI UART. If you just want
to play midi files, use eg. timidity.
Tom
