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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:46:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris David <cdavid@umich.edu>
To: alsa-user@alsa.jcu.cz
Subject: Re: Any supported cards with digital I/O?
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On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Matthew Bloch wrote:

> Hi there;
> 
> In the quest to build a dedicated MP3 player box, I'd really really like to
> have a sound card which does digital I/O.  You can see where this is going
> already, can't you?  Is the Creative Labs Live! card the /only/ available card
> that does this?
> 

FYI I heard the CL Live! card does a/d and d/a conversions when using the
digital I/O ports.  I heard this from a friend, but I have not verified it
myself.

This would make the digital I/O ports kind of useless if you wanted to use
for something serious.

-Chris


