Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:52:07 +0100
From: Yamagi Burmeister <lists@yamagi.org>
To: demelier.david@gmail.com
Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, bjk@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: snd_envy24{,ht} recording support?
Message-ID: <20130320085207.b21d890c59babbeea0431da9@yamagi.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDfxK_CL8DNH2zLWWQZFV7CYD2WTABHm1%2B3_Tv%2BxxKa%2BYw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:19:59 +0100 David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately the snd_envy* drivers are very bad supported. It lacks a > lot of code to support the full card. I have had a card with a chip > that was *supported* (but not) by the driver and I didn't manage to > play any sound.. > > The current code of the driver is - I think - at early stages because > of lot of commented code so I guess the maintainer didn't have too > much time to spend on that. I don't think that we'll ever see a bigger update to the snd_env* family. I haven't seen Konstantin Dimitrov (the maintainer) for years, the link to the datasheets and documentation [1] is long dead and even the existing patches like kern/152378 weren't committed. And the times have changed. While not perfect most snd_hda chips are good enough for just listen to music, there's the possibility to send a digital signal by spdif to an external a/d-converter, etc... The need for high end add in sound cards is much lower than 10 years ago. 1: http://envy24.svobodno.com -- Homepage: www.yamagi.org XMPP: yamagi@yamagi.org GnuPG/GPG: 0xEFBCCBCB
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