On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Alexandre Ratchov wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 01:12:38PM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Nickolay A. Burkov wrote: > > > Hello everyone! > > > > > > Do somebody have success with 5.1 sound ? > > > If so, please recommend PCI Sound Card to work with OpenBSD > > > 4.2(-CURRENT). > > > > > > I have MARC'ed a bit but similar messages were > 1 year ago. > > > I'd like to think that something have been changed.. > > > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > For some strange reason I recall reading about some work being done > > on the Sound Blaster "Audigy" cards. Many of those cards are 5.1, > > 6.1 or 7.1 surround sound. > > > > A quick search on "openbsd audigy" shows we've had support since > > 3.9 but I'm not sure if this includes the surround sound features, > > or if it's just two channel? > > Older audigy cards based on EMU10K1 chips are supposed to work with > the emu(4) driver, it's still two channel. Newer cards based on > CA0106 will not work because there's no driver for the chip. The > last time I've asked creative for documentation they didn't reply; > since then, I've lost interest in these cards. > > -- Alexandre
Alexandre, Off-list I was told that some of the older "SoundBlaster Live" cards will work in 5.1 mode including front/surround/centre/lfe control, but the off-list statement contradicts what you said earlier about no 5.1 (or better) support? I suspect you understand the code far better than most (including me). :-) Thanks, JCR
