[MPlayer-dev-eng] Practical outcomes of the ALSA thread
Vladimir Mosgalin
mosgalin at VM10124.spb.edu
Sat May 5 15:02:57 CEST 2007
Hi Rich Felker!
On 2007.05.05 at 08:07:15 -0400, Rich Felker wrote next:
> Going into a shop and buying new hardware is irresponsible. There's
> already 10x as many soundcards as humans on this planet. Go buy one
Haha. Let me think, I have SB16, SB AWE32 and SB Live 5.1 cards on a
shelf and useless audigy 2 and onboard sound in my computer, also there
is card that I actually use.. Nope! Only 6x more soundcards than a
single me.
> from ebay, from a garage sale, from a used computer store, from a
99% people on ebay won't send anything to Russia.
> university surplus auction, etc. Then you'll (a) get something nicer,
really? Well I've got a nice card already.
> (b) pay less, and (c) stop the cycle of mindless consumerism.
Unfortunately, I want to enjoy music. Therefore, most cards just won't
do, because they suck, quality-wise.
Anyway, since all I really need from sound card now is a high-quality
digital output, my current card probably will satisfy me for a long
time.
--
Vladimir
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