Re: Via82cxxx locked at 48kHz
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:58:51AM +0000, Paul Sargent wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:55:57AM +0100, Nikolai Hlubek wrote:
>
> > I would be grateful for any suggestion,
> > and please no "use alsa instead" replies.
> > Nikolai
>
> I guess you've been onto the via-kernel driver list. That seems to be the
> standard response on there. Odd for a development list.
>
> I've heard, although I don't know if it's true, that some of the ac'97
> codecs which are used with the Via chipset are locked to 48KHz only, and so
> this is actually a limitation of the hardware. The driver needs to perform
> sample rate conversion to play anything else.
>
> I believe ALSA does it, and the kernel driver doesnt.
>
> Fortunatley mine doesn't have this problem, so this is only hearsay.
Sorry should have read your message, didn't realise it was kernel version
dependant.
Paul
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