Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-23 Thread jed
LOL, I'll take that as a "no"... Alrighty then, keep em empty 'ma niggas'. 20/2 jed wrote: > Anyone already augmenting their essence hw_drivers with sw that brings > back some of the functionality in windoze? see below... > > jed wrote: >> Gotcha, so there may well be OSS apps (read; not drivers

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-19 Thread jed
Anyone already augmenting their essence hw_drivers with sw that brings back some of the functionality in windoze? see below... jed wrote: > Gotcha, so there may well be OSS apps (read; not drivers) out there > with which one can implement many of these feature's anyway? > I would have thought m

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-16 Thread jed
Gotcha, so there may well be OSS apps (read; not drivers) out there with which one can implement many of these feature's anyway? I would have thought many people in trying to get hw drivers working, would also share an interest in this side of things too, hence my line of questioning. Sorry if I

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-16 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:55:43 +1000 jed wrote: > Anyone care to concur or disagree with my assertions? :-D > > jed wrote: > > or if some OSS implementations of the features below start to pop > > up. :-( > > > > jed wrote: > >> Is it ever likely that some of it will be supported in som

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-16 Thread jed
Anyone care to concur or disagree with my assertions? :-D jed wrote: or if some OSS implementations of the features below start to pop up. :-( jed wrote: Is it ever likely that some of it will be supported in some shape/form in the future? Spose it's all proprietary and unless one o

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-13 Thread jed
or if some OSS implementations of the features below start to pop up?...:-( jed wrote: Is it ever likely that some of it will be supported in some shape/form in the future? Spose it all proprietary, and unless one of the organisations behind one of the major distros chips-in for licensing,

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-13 Thread jed
Is it ever likely that some of it will be supported in some shape/form in the future? Spose it all proprietary, and unless one of the organisations behind one of the major distros chips-in for licensing, it will never become available? :-( http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=2

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-13 Thread Clemens Ladisch
jed wrote: > Damn, that's a substantial amt of stuff that won't be available don't u > reckon? Yes. Best regards, Clemens -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles th

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-12 Thread jed
Actually, it looks like this week ... Nice :-D Can you please be a little more specific about these "driver features" implemented in software? Or provide a link to where it's outlined? They're listed on this page: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=2711&l1=2

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-09 Thread jed
jed wrote: Is support for this coming soon? Yes. Awesome, is it likely to be within the next 6-months? Actually, it looks like this week ... Nice :-D Please note that the Linux driver does not have the "driver features", which are implemented in software (Do

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-09 Thread Clemens Ladisch
jed wrote: > > > Is support for this coming soon? > > > > Yes. > > Awesome, is it likely to be within the next 6-months? Actually, it looks like this week ... > > Please note that the Linux driver does not have the "driver features", > > which are implemented in software (Dolby, SVN, Xear, etc.

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-09 Thread jed
Is support for this coming soon? Yes. Awesome, is it likely to be within the next 6-months? How does using ALSA compare to using drivers developed by the vender specifically for Windows? i.e. Will I not be getting most out of this card (hardware-wise) if I'm not using the driver

Re: [Alsa-user] xonar essence stx

2009-02-09 Thread Clemens Ladisch
jed wrote: > Is support for this coming soon? Yes. > How does using ALSA compare to using drivers developed by the vender > specifically for Windows? > i.e. > Will I not be getting most out of this card (hardware-wise) if I'm not > using the drivers Asus developed, or is the difference negligib