From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16z9bh-00082o-00 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:09:50 -0400 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g3L59GG00695 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 00:09:16 -0500 Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 00:09:16 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: kernel vs. alsa? Message-ID: <20020421000916.A691@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from chomiak@chartermi.net on Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 09:31:45PM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Cheryl, do you have amplified speakers? The kernel drivers for the sblive card aren't the best, but they did a good job for me in terms of sound loudness and quality for about a year and a half. Greg On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 09:31:45PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > As much as i'm hating trying to get all these mixer setting straight, I didn't > at all like the kernel drivers for my sblive. they made my sblive sound like a > cheap (cheap, not inexpensive) card, maybe because I wasn't using a mixer that > could handle them. on the other hand, I very much liked the oss package I > bought; I'm only trying to do alsa because I want to be on the speakfreely > reflector. > as for your trplayer program, there is probably a setting eluding you or > something; even with the problems i am having with my mixer settings for > recording, trplayer works fine with my .wav files. > However, I will say that for my soundblaster the kernel support was just fine; I > couldn't have been happier, so it depends on your card whether you would be > happywith the kernel support. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup