NAME¶
oss_audigyls - Creative Labs CA106 (AudigyLS/SBLive 24bit) driver.
DESCRIPTION¶
Open Sound System driver for Creative Labs Audigy2-LS and SBLive 24bit 7.1
soundcards.
Audigy-LS device characteristics:
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- 8/16/24 bit playback/record
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- mono/stereo/4/5.1 playback
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- 8KHz to 192Khz sample rate.
AUDIGYLS MODELS¶
There are 2 models of the AudigyLS device: one with an AC97 codec called the
AudigyLS and the one without called the SBLive 7.1. Essentially they are the
same chip but behave a bit differently.
When playing AC3 on the AudigyLS (the one with the AC97 mixer) - you need to
ensure that the igain slider is set to 0.
AUDIGYLS MIXER¶
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- The AudigyLS has 4 mixer controls for each channel.
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- The "spread" button will simply duplicate the
front audio on the other 3 channels so that every speaker is playing what
the front L/R is playing.
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- LoopBack recording allows you to capture any channel that's
playing audio.
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- Record Volume slider just adjusts the input gain.
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- Record Source selector selects the input.
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- The "recmon" button enables a passthrough of the
analog input signal.
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- Monitor Volume slider sets the passthrough gain if recmon
is enabled.
OPTIONS¶
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- audigyls_spdif_enable=0|1 The Audigy LS has a versa-jack
(orange) that can be set as SPDIF output or the Side-Surround left/right
speakers in a 7.1 setup. When set as SPDIF, you can get play PCM/AC3 audio
to a Dolby(R) capable receiver.
FILES¶
/etc/oss4/conf/oss_audigyls.conf Device configuration file
AUTHOR¶
4Front Technologies
