From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 30 15:14:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FDF16A50A for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:14:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0285B43D53 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:14:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 6411 invoked from network); 30 Aug 2006 15:14:41 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 30 Aug 2006 15:14:41 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 76A012842B; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:14:40 -0400 (EDT) To: Philip Hallstrom References: <20060829180800.C70930@bravo.pjkh.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:14:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060829180800.C70930@bravo.pjkh.com> (Philip Hallstrom's message of "Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:09:48 -0500 (CDT)") Message-ID: <44fyfe9rxb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any issue having multiple sound cards running at the same time in 6.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:14:42 -0000 Philip Hallstrom writes: > Hi all - > > I've got a freebsd server in the garage that has a low end > soundblaster (I think) card in it that I've been using to play music. > Works just fine. We moved and now I'd like to be able to have > different music play in different rooms (living, family, and outside). > I can do all the other wiring for speakers... > > But was wondering if there are any problems having three sound cards > in the box and have them all work at the same time. I'm currently > using flac123 to play music and would probably continue to do so... > > Thoughts? In principle, there's no problem. But most software will only drive one audio device at a time. Also, note that running long cables at fairly low signal levels can degrade the audio quality... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/