Btw, it`s no problem for me to read english. I feel that I understand everything. =) Just writing correct grammar is hard for me.
What is SNAP audio (http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/?n=Main.SoundCardChip#toc5)? I did look into it but I don`t get wise. It looks like it isn`t useful for endusers to turn *any* card into soundblaster compatible? Eric Auer wrote: >> I have onboard sound. In Windows I am using a driver called >> C-Media AC97 Audio device. > > Only a few new games and software like MPXPLAY media player for DOS > can use AC97 directly, but as you see, it can be done :-). > >> In DOS it`s called SiS 7012 Sound Codec. MidiPort 330, Compatibility >> n/a, Roland MPU-401, everything else (dma, irq...) n/a. >> >> The old sb16 drivers, the one from via and one from SiS >> with another number (SiS 7018) are not working. > > You might be able to trick the other driver into working > for your chip, but you should do some research first. For > example try to compare chip data sheets on the internet. > No need to check the deep details, just get an impression. > Only after that, check here or on bttr-software.de forum > whether somebody can help you to play with the driver. SiS 7012 (onboard) (there are no dos drivers): http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-intel8x0 SiS 7018 (there are dos drivers): http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-trident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiS_630/730 says it`s SoundBlaster Pro/16 Compliant looks like pci, but unsure if exclusively used for pci Don`t think this could work. Them seam to be very different. But I play to create a set of screenshots and then ask in that forum. >> Therefore I guess I have no way to get this onboard soundchip >> to work in DOS with also no way to get sb16 compatibility? > > There is one generic solution: A driver which traps all > attempts to access SB16 soundblaster hardware and forwards > the collected sound data to a driver for AC97. This is > how the drivers for SBLive and SBPCI work - those two PCI > soundcards do not actually have SB16 hardware, they are > AC97 and come with a "trap style" DOS driver. Problem is > that only EMM386 compatible games work with it, as the > "hardware trap" needs protected mode, as does EMM386... Sounds nice, not perfect, but promising. :) In theory possible. :) In theory also extensible firmware interface could be deliverance from any incompatibly problems - if someone writes the needed extensions. > You should check the BTTR forum mentioned above: A while > ago there was some talk about collecting donations for > funding for writing a free open source "SB16 to AC97" > driver, for example based on the virtual soundcard code > of DOSEMU or Bochs combined with the AC97 driver of the > MPXPLAY player or another OS, e.g. Alsa-project drivers. Well, I searched the forums for ac97 but did not found anything about SB16 to AC97 founding. Greetings Michael Reichenbach ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
