Re: [Alsa-user] ALC650 versus nForce2

[David A. <da...@in...>]

I do have a shuttle sb51g with an Intel motherboard and an ALC650 sound
chip, I had to play with Alsamixer to make the optical output to work but
now quality is very good and I hear no difference with the digital output of
a sblive.

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamish Moffatt" <ha...@cl...>
To: <als...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 2:12 PM
Subject: [Alsa-user] ALC650 versus nForce2


> I'm building a MythTV box for digital TV and I want digital audio
> output. The two main options seem to be boards with the nForce2 chipset
> and boards with the Realtek ALC650 chipset.
>
> I want stereo PCM output from regular TV programs but I also want AC3
> output from TV programs that have it.
>
> Is one of these chipsets preferable to the other? Do they both have good
> drivers? Will I have to use the non-free nVIDIA driver to get the
> nForce2 audio working?
>
> The ALC650 option is cheaper. I don't want to buy a high-end board if I
> have to (I don't need gigabit LAN, serial ATA, Firewire etc!) but I do
> want digital output.
>
> I'm actually looking for optical output. For the archives, the Gigabyte
> 7N400 Pro2 nForce2 board has it, and their "audio connection kit"
> accessory for their ALC650 boards provides it too. Some of the Intel
> chipset boards also have it.
>
>
> thanks,
> Hamish
> --
> Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <ha...@de...> <ha...@cl...>
>
>
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