I'm building a MythTV box for digital TV and I want digital audio output. The two main options seem to be boards with the nForce2 chipset and boards with the Realtek ALC650 chipset.
I want stereo PCM output from regular TV programs but I also want AC3 output from TV programs that have it. Is one of these chipsets preferable to the other? Do they both have good drivers? Will I have to use the non-free nVIDIA driver to get the nForce2 audio working? The ALC650 option is cheaper. I don't want to buy a high-end board if I have to (I don't need gigabit LAN, serial ATA, Firewire etc!) but I do want digital output. I'm actually looking for optical output. For the archives, the Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2 nForce2 board has it, and their "audio connection kit" accessory for their ALC650 boards provides it too. Some of the Intel chipset boards also have it. thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
