[CLUE-Tech] SB-Live latency issues (yuck)

[Adam Bultman]

I think it's quite unfair to judge the SBlive card that way, esp. when you 
were running such an old kernel, and then to judge the ensoniq so well, 
when you used a far newer kernel.  My SBlive 5.1 works flawlessly in linux 
under kernels 2.4.16, and 2.5.1 (but 2.5.1 has it's own problems) and I 
have never had a single complaint.  I can even control the rear speakers 
separately, and everything!  I bought it to replace an old ISA cs4232 
card, and I have no complaints.  I suggest you drop that card back in, and 
compile the newest kernel again with support for it.  You might find 
yourself pleasantly surprised.

Adam


On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Dave Price wrote:

> gang,
> 
> After tolerating pathetic performance from a SB Live (emu10k1) sound
> card for a LONG time under kernel 2.2.19, I finally got around to
> dropping a (cheap) ensoniq 5880 pci card into the same box, and
> configuring drivers for both cards as modules under kernel 2.4.14 and
> 2.4.16 (.16 with and without low-latency patches).
> 
> To my dismay, the ensoniq card has NO dropout problems at all, where the
> SB Live has horrible dropouts when playing mp3 files (mpg123).  The
> dropouts occur under light load, and can be triggered by switching
> workspaces or moving a window in blackbox.  The ensoniq card is rock
> solid even when web browsing or downloading LARGE files to the same
> drive as the mp3 files that are playing.
> 
> Sadly, the SB Live card work(ed) great under windoze, but i no longer
> run windoze on this box.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced PCI sound card that works well
> under linux, and has good recording and playback quality ('near
> audiophile')? ... It seems as thought the emu10k1 has a checkered
> past in the open source world, and the picture does not seems to be
> looking any brighter.
> 
> aloha,
> dave
> 
> 
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