Re: SBLive! and 5.1
Search on sourceforge for emu10k1 ... creative's sblive drivers are open source now. I've got a platinum5 and the drivers are really awesome -- they allow you to totally customize the routing, allowing your card to act as multiple sound cards. The beeps, etc for out analog rear, xmms/dvd go out analog front and digital!. :)
-Paul
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:48:30 +0200
"Josef Oswald" <oswald@chello.at> wrote:
> David Bellows <bfootdav@bellsouth.net> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Does anyone know if the 5.1 capabilities of the Soundblaster Live
> > Platinum 5.1 work under Linux? If so, which kernel do I need or should
> > I be looking at ALSA? How do 5.1 speaker systems hook up to the card?
> > And finally, if all this does work, can something like Ogle or Xine
> > take advantage of the 5.1 stuff? Sorry for all the questions, there is
> > much I don't know.
> Hi:-)
>
> for starters look at
> http://home.wanadoo.nl/whatdoya/sblive/#bookmark1
>
> Most likely you need a kernel-rebuild ( 2.4.X) can't remember if I
> ever got my sound-blaster Live 5.1 under 2.2.18 going, so I am not
> sure, but you can just check by cding into /usr/src/linux and do xconfig
> then you will see in sound if sound-blaster is there ( emu10k or so)
>
> as for the hookup, are there no /symbols/ on the metal-strip, they
> usually tell how one can connect any speakers (and other stuff) to the
> card.
>
> a visit to the sound-blaster homepage where you could get the
> specifications of your card might be another approach.
>
> >
> > Thanks everyone,
> > David Bellows
> hth :-)
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