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Date:      22 Nov 2001 10:27:26 -0600
From:      James McNaughton <jtm63@enteract.com>
To:        Doug Lee <dgl@visi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PCM or PCM and SBC for AWE64 sound card?
Message-ID:  <861yiqg49d.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net>
In-Reply-To: Doug Lee's message of "Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:13:38 -0500"
References:  <20011113131338.A90890@kirk.sector14.net>

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Doug Lee <dgl@visi.com> writes:

> 
> Do I need to enable PCM and SBC or just PCM in my FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE
> (soon to be 4.4) kernel to support an AWE64 sound card?  I've been
> using a kernel with both PCM and SBC enabled for a while, but I'm
> having problems recording (I'm told I can only record 8-bit samples by
> the apps I try with, but they then go ahead and record 16-bit samples
> and then tell me they're 8-bit samples, and unusable files result;
> sfmike from Speak Freely sends out garbage).  Both devices are
> recognized at boot time:
> 
According to the FreeBSD Handbook you need both. I've never tried
recording on my SB-32AWE so I've never noticed the problem you
have. Maybe I'll install an audio app and test it out this weekend.

Have you checked the applications documentation to see if it has a
problem with the AWE cards?



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