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Date:      Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:49:21 +0400
From:      Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Soundcard with SPDIF input?
Message-ID:  <20080429094915.GA9194@amilo.cenkes.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080428222953.GA86835@cons.org>
References:  <20080428222953.GA86835@cons.org>

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On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 06:29:53PM -0400, Martin Cracauer wrote:
> Is there a soundcard that has a SPDIF input that works under FreeBSD?
> 
> SPDIF in is sometimes hard to get.  Some units have SPDIF but it only
> works for out.
> 
> USB preferred.  Haha, nice one :-) Really, any format, I'd dig out my
> ISA boards if required.

FWIW, spdif _output_ works with built-in AC'97 codecs (I have
via8237) when using audio/oss drivers from ports. You might get
lucky if you check the motherboards you have and get the
necessary connectors if needed. One of my ~$60 motherboards had
optical input and output.



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