From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Sep 4 14:35:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA24636 for multimedia-outgoing; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 14:35:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from george.arc.nasa.gov (george.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.194.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA24629 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 14:35:13 -0700 (PDT) From: lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov Received: (from lamaster@localhost) by george.arc.nasa.gov (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA22525 for multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 14:32:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 14:32:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199709042132.OAA22525@george.arc.nasa.gov> To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updated support for Ensoniq SoundScape Elite or VIVO in FreeBSD-3.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk |> > Do you know the chipset these card use, or which device they emulate ? |> |> Some information about the SoundScape Elite: |> |> 1) The CODEC is an AD-1848. : I have heard that Ensoniq is generally good, but, personally, I already have two SB ISA cards, and that is two too many SB ISA cards. Since the GUS PnP seems to be the "standard" FreeBSD card, if I bought another card, it would be a GUS just for the driver support and the user community. But anyway, what I'm verbosely leading up to is, that I think the focus should change to PCI. Ensoniq has the new AudioPCI card out, which I believe is affordable, and Amancio Hasty mentioned the possibility of a combined Bt848-based video + audio card coming out. Both of these would be of more interest to me than another ISA card, no matter how good the sound quality of the ISA is. And, in any case, I'm happy about the increase in audio/video activity recently, and would like to thank those contributing to it. I hope some of the benefits can trickle down to the upcoming 2.2.5 release. -Hugh LaMaster Hugh LaMaster, M/S 258-5, ASCII Email: hlamaster@mail.arc.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Or: lamaster@nas.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 No Junkmail: USC 18 section 2701 Phone: 415/604-1056 Disclaimer: Unofficial, personal *opinion*.