From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24.213.60.124.up.mi.chartermi.net ([24.213.60.124] helo=front2.chartermi.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16z76t-0005Z9-00 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 22:29:51 -0400 Received: from [24.196.69.180] (HELO maranatha.chartermi.net) by front2.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.3) with ESMTP id 87557343 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 22:29:55 -0400 Received: from chomiak (helo=localhost) by maranatha.chartermi.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16z78j-0000Fd-00 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 21:31:45 -0500 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 21:31:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Cheryl Homiak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: kernel vs. alsa? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 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.