Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:30:29 +0400 From: Ruslan Bukin <br@bsdpad.com> To: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Soundcard with SPDIF input? Message-ID: <20131217123029.GA62499@mail.bsdpad.com> In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti29Vc%2BknZUVFfyAj4ihsgsfyvXCHGUti%2Bbnu41dsC1naqw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAD2Ti29Vc%2BknZUVFfyAj4ihsgsfyvXCHGUti%2Bbnu41dsC1naqw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 05:45:38PM -0500, grarpamp wrote: > Hi. I'm looking for a PCI interface soundcard with SPDIF > input that is supported by FreeBSD. > > Specifically, I'd need S/PDIF coaxial input via RCA connector. > (Not fiber via TOSLINK, but if it also has that, that's a bonus.) > > I'd like to use the card to capture the digital PCM (plain old > two channel 16bit/44.1kHz audio) coming off the device over > S/PDIF and then encode it losslessly to FLAC. > > Any suggestions on the card? The path is all digital so > as long as it's supported it should do fine. > > And what software do I use to grab the stream off the card? > It seems like it might be a different thing than using the > card to digitize a line level audio input. > > Once I have the PCM (now converted by the card to WAV data?) > in a file I can of course use FLAC to compress it. I'm used to > ripping from my CD's, not from external audio devices. Thanks. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/PDIF I use RME HDSPe AIO/RayDAT -- snd_hdspe(4) It has S/PDIF TOSLINK input, not sure about coaxial one. -Ruslan
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