From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 30 17:30:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D862316A4F4 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:30:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AEB43D76 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:30:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3133813C868 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:35:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D9DCF13C7E4; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:35:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8E2913C7D5 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:35:57 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:35:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Philip Hallstrom To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <44fyfe9rxb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Message-ID: <20060830123523.N9159@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <20060829180800.C70930@bravo.pjkh.com> <44fyfe9rxb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: Any issue having multiple sound cards running at the same time in 6.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:30:24 -0000 >> I've got a freebsd server in the garage that has a low end >> soundblaster (I think) card in it that I've been using to play music. >> Works just fine. We moved and now I'd like to be able to have >> different music play in different rooms (living, family, and outside). >> I can do all the other wiring for speakers... >> >> But was wondering if there are any problems having three sound cards >> in the box and have them all work at the same time. I'm currently >> using flac123 to play music and would probably continue to do so... >> >> Thoughts? > > In principle, there's no problem. But most software will only drive > one audio device at a time. Also, note that running long cables at > fairly low signal levels can degrade the audio quality... Good points... but no reason I couldn't run three flac123 processes and point each to their own /dev/ entry...?