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Date:      Tue, 17 Dec 2013 16:30:29 +0400
From:      Ruslan Bukin <br@bsdpad.com>
To:        grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Soundcard with SPDIF input?
Message-ID:  <20131217123029.GA62499@mail.bsdpad.com>
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 05:45:38PM -0500, grarpamp wrote:
> Hi. I'm looking for a PCI interface soundcard with SPDIF
> input that is supported by FreeBSD.
> 
> Specifically, I'd need S/PDIF coaxial input via RCA connector.
> (Not fiber via TOSLINK, but if it also has that, that's a bonus.)
> 
> I'd like to use the card to capture the digital PCM (plain old
> two channel 16bit/44.1kHz audio) coming off the device over
> S/PDIF and then encode it losslessly to FLAC.
> 
> Any suggestions on the card? The path is all digital so
> as long as it's supported it should do fine.
> 
> And what software do I use to grab the stream off the card?
> It seems like it might be a different thing than using the
> card to digitize a line level audio input.
> 
> Once I have the PCM (now converted by the card to WAV data?)
> in a file I can of course use FLAC to compress it. I'm used to
> ripping from my CD's, not from external audio devices. Thanks.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/PDIF

I use RME HDSPe AIO/RayDAT -- snd_hdspe(4)
It has S/PDIF TOSLINK input, not sure about coaxial one.

-Ruslan




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