Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:17:30 -0700 From: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net> To: Richard Hodges <rh@matriplex.com>, "Ing.Richard Andrysek" <richard.andrysek@riedel.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPDIF capture device? Message-ID: <BCFE364A.6B169%joe@via.net> In-Reply-To: <20040621092245.Q86863@mail.cheapline.net>
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RME makes a PCI card that has SPDIF, AES/EBU and TOSLINK i/o. DIGI96/8. Linux drivers for this card are available, so with a little porting effort on someone's part, you'd have a very high quality sound interface for FreeBSD. On 6/21/04 9:32 AM, "Richard Hodges" <rh@matriplex.com> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Ing.Richard Andrysek wrote: > >> Hi Richard, >> >> I've read your question about SPDIF capture device on freebsd. I am >> currently looking for similar device.Have you found such one? Can you >> access subcode etc.? > > Sorry, I never did find anything immediately useful for SPDIF capture. I > did find a large number of false leads, though. These were mainly audio > cards and chipsets that claimed to have SPDIF input, but the companies > either refused to provide information or to even reply at all. > > Andrew Gordon had an interesting idea, to use something like this: > http://www.gigatechnology.com/usbio.html > > If I had not solved my SPDIF problem (manufacturer documentation error), I > probably would have build a capture device around some microcontroller, or > maybe even a PLD connected to my host's parallel port. > > If you also want to capture the raw bits for testing your framing and > subcodes, you may see the same kind of difficulties I had :-( > > Good luck! > > -Richard > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications 994 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Phone: 650-213-1302 Cell: 650-207-0372 Fax: 650-969-2124
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