From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 18 10: 2:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BE3C14E57 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:02:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com (srmail.sr.hp.com [15.4.45.14]) by palrel3.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id KAA10153 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:02:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA027080149; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:02:29 -0800 Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id KAA08965 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:02:28 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199903181802.KAA08965@mina.sr.hp.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Creative "Sound Blaster Live" compatability? Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:42:51 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.1.1.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:02:28 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nocturne wrote: > G wrote: > > > >errr... Not sure about SPDIF or I2S. All I can tell you is that it is > >fairly common on current digital audio hardware (ie DAT, MD, CDRW, etc.) > >to have a digital output, which is generally either coax or optical, and > >the two are not compatible (although I read recently in a uk magazine > >called 'What Hi-Fi' about a converter that can be had for about 50 > >ukp). Sorry to be vague about this. I just checked the Sony site > >[http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/md/spec_mds_je320.html] and it > >quotes the output as being "optical digital output." The SBLive does have an SPDIF input, according to the specs. Check out: http://www.sblive.com/product/benefits.html -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message