Sound recording, playback - card, application?

[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:
> Just about any linux supported soundcard that's been sold within the 
> past 5 years can do that.

Thanks. The HCL for RH9 looks like this:

C-Media -- CM8338/CM8738; Creative Labs -- SoundBlaster 128 PCI, 
SoundBlaster Live!, SoundBlaster Live! Audigy; Crystal -- CS428X/CS46XX; 
ESS -- Maestro, Maestro2, Maestro3, Solo; Ensoniq -- AudioPCI ES1370, 
ES1371; Intel -- ICH, ICH2, ICH3, ICH4; Yamaha -- YMF724, 74x, 754; VIA 
-- VIA82c686, VIA8233, VIA8235

Any reason to prefer one of those over another?

> Unless you really need to have the recording available in real time, i 
> might be less resource intensive to record in WAV format, and then 
> convert to MP3 afterwards.  Of course if the box is something really 
> well powered hardware wise, it won't matter much.

Good point. It wouldn't have occurred to me since I've always thought of 
wav as a Windows thing.

Michael