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From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com>
To: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org>
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 03:38:28PM +0100, Simon Dick wrote:
> 
> Does FreeBSD support any sound card which support SPDIF in, e.g. the
> audigy 1 and 2 platinum? If so, which ones? I really want to upgrade
> from a SB PCI128 :)
> 
Don't know the current state of the default drivers, but you may wish to 
consider this:

http://www.opensound.com/freebsd.html

However, be aware this is a loadable module and may limit you to running a
'RELEASE' version of FreeBSD and you may need to build some apps by hand to 
fully utilise it, oh and it costs money too :-)

I bought this years ago to support audio on an AST laptop that was at the 
time unsupported by FreeBSD, havn't had cause to use it recently.