From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 13 23:06:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38604106564A for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:06:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from april.london.02.net (april.london.02.net [87.194.255.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE468FC13 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:06:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.75] (93.97.24.219) by april.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4967C92C01288087; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:06:12 +0000 Message-ID: <49BAE6E4.60604@onetel.com> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:06:12 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <49B97739.7020105@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: usb sound card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:06:24 -0000 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> Does anyone have experience with a usb sound card? Are any of them >> supported in FreeBSD? > > looks like it is - man snd_uaudio > > from manual it looks like it's standard of USB audio interfaces so all > should work - unless some manufacturers don't comply to standards. thanks for the pointer, I didn't know about that one. > > simple get some laptop with freebsd to shop and try - it's quick just > connect and check if it works good idea though cost of train fare to the shop is rather more than the cost of the device, so... > >> >> Also [OT] what is the sound quality like? ... if anyone does have any experience of them I would still like to hear. thanks Chris > > depends of the hardware. > >> I find it hard to believe that a device that is available for around >> ?1.50 can be as good as a PCI card costing quite a lot more. > > it MAY. cost often have no correlation with quality in PC hardware market. > It may be crap-sound or super-hifi. > > In theory it's easier to get high quality because there are easier to > protect it from electrical noises as it's outside your computer. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >