Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 19:42:05 +0100 From: FreeBSD Prospect <mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nforce2 digital audio output support? (or spdif support at all?) Message-ID: <200602091942.05654.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> In-Reply-To: <200602062154.07577.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> References: <200602062154.07577.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org>
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Am Montag, 6. Februar 2006 21:54 schrieb FreeBSD Prospect: > I was searching for more info about support for DOLBY DIGITAL pass-through > to a digital audio output, but nothing recent came up. > This matter seems to be a serious shortage in FreeBSD, because the only > useable info which came up on www.google.com/bsd was concerning NetBSD > (http://bsd-crew.de/index.php/5.1-Surround-Sound_mit_NetBSD, which is in > German language). There something of an audio-layer is mentioned. > Is it really possible, that NetBSD is ahead of FreeBSD in that particular > matter? > I have a workstation with Asus A7N8X-deluxe motherboard, which features the > nforce2 chipset, and has an electrial digital audio output. > On my first few tests with FreeBSD 6.0 (-RELEASE), after loading the > snd_ich driver, I got analog sound working, but the digital output was not > recognized and did not show up in sysctl. > Any idea, if spdif support is already in -CURRENT, and if not, if somebody > is working on that issue? Now that's strange, I really thought, I am not the only one interested in being able to use a DOLBY DIGITAL signal output in FreeBSD. Does really nobody here have a clue? -- Sincerely, Michael A FreeBSD Prospect, who is actually using Gentoo Linux
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