From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 17:23:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32EE81065672; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:23:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E186D8FC12; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:23:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1NZSef-00042S-O4>; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:23:13 +0100 Received: from telesto.geoinf.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.86.198]) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1NZSef-0005Ih-MP>; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:23:13 +0100 Message-ID: <4B5DD3D4.9020000@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:24:36 +0000 From: "O. Hartmann" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100122 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: perryh@pluto.rain.com References: <4B5C771C.4040605@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4b5d1bef.QEz5a8Mvh7OFA7+l%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4b5d1bef.QEz5a8Mvh7OFA7+l%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 130.133.86.198 Cc: ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCIe audio cards: what is tob be preferred with FreeBSD 8.0/9-CURRENT? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:23:15 -0000 On 01/25/10 04:19, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > "O. Hartmann" wrote: > >> At this very moment I utilise a M-Audio 5.1 PCI-audio board with >> which I'm really satisfied. My next box doesn't have PCI slots >> at all ... I look for the Soundblaster X-Fi range of PCIe cards, >> > It's possible to get an adapter that plugs into a PCIe slot and > provides a PCI slot, which might enable you to continue using > your current card. I've never actually seen one, so don't know > about the mechanics; it could turn out that it can only be used > by leaving the cover off of the box :( > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I gues this is he worst scenario I can imagine. I'd ike to spend some money on a new audio card adapted for PCIe, but it should have support both in FreeBSD and Windows. For mplayer/vlc and so forth my M-Audio audio quality was great. This level should be kept in FreeBSD. Regards Oliver