Re: [Alsa-user] Terratec Aureon 5.1 Mk II USB?

[Frank B. <fb...@fo...>]

Hallo,
Harald Milz hat gesagt: // Harald Milz wrote:

> Frank Barknecht <fb...@fo...> wrote:
> 
> > > how well is the Aureon USB supported? Does SPDIF work? 5.1 audio? 
> 
> > It should be fully supported by the ALSA snd-usb-audio driver:
> > http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=3102
> 
> Thanks. What about the "48 kHz digital". Does that mean I can't just
> connect my CD player and record? Or does that refer to output? 

I'm not sure to what "48 kHz digital" you refer, but generally if you
use the plughw layer in ALSA you can convert between any hardware
supported samplerate and the samplerate you want to use in your
application or soundfile. Just replace "hw:1" with "plughw:1" in your
application setup.

The older Aureon USB (MK1?) - which I own - only supports 48kHz,
whereas the new model according to the Terratec site supports 44.1 as
well and even some other rates. 

However for best results (i.e. lowest latency) one should never use
samplerates which aren't multiples of 1000 with USB devices, that is,
48000 Hz should be preferred over 44100 Hz anyways. 

Ciao
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