Sound Card Recommendations for Linux

[James McDonald]

Very happy with F15... made me move from Ubuntu.

No I will though...

 From what I google/gather the snd-hda-intel module has to deal with a 
lot of problems from badly configured BIOS so good point.



On 18/08/11 08:15, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> Oh.  In that case, did you verify that you've got the latest mobo BIOS?
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:01 PM, James McDonald
> <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au>  wrote:
>> F15 sigh
>>
>> On 18/08/2011 1:48 AM, "Lonni J Friedman"<netllama at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> I can't offer any sound card reqs, as I'm using what comes onboard in
>>> all of my systems. However, I think I was experiencing the same
>>> problem as you on a Macbook Pro. Whenever I was attempting to do
>>> anything with Flash, the audio was horrible. Stuttering, feedback,
>>> horrible noise. Then I upgraded from Fedora14 to Fedora15, and the
>>> problem went away. You didn't say which distro you're running.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:44 AM, James McDonald
>>> <james at jamesmcdonald.id.au>  wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I recently bought a new PC with embedded sound that was recognized as a
>>>> Realtek ALC887-VD and installs a snd-hda-intel ALSA module. The
>>>> snd-hda-intel module has some quirks.
>>>>
>>>> I have Googled till I'm cross eyed but haven't yet discovered the magical
>>>> mix to get it to work crackle and feedback free. Especially since I want to
>>>> be able to Skype and use gtk-recordmydesktop with sound input.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking that maybe one day some one will get it right but it's
>>>> probably a few kernel upgrades/dist releases away.
>>>>
>>>> Until then I would like your idea's on what sound cards are working in
>>>> your own setups. With the idea of maybe installing one on my box.
>>>>
>>>> I have the following slots. With a graphics card taking up the PCIe 2.0 x
>>>> 16 slot.
>>>>
>>>> Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue)
>>>> 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
>>>> 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
>>>> 1 x PCI
>>>> So suggestions please.
>>>>
>>>> Of course I will be able to investigate and figure this out myself using
>>>> the interwebs. But I had a hankering for a nostalgia post as much as to ask
>>>> this question.
>>>>
>>>> PS. Hope you are all well.
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