Subject: Re: USB audio?
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: current-users
Date: 07/07/1999 14:25:46
Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 12:42:28PM -0600, Chris Jones wrote:
> > Does anybody know the status of the uaudio driver?  I remember it was
> > in the tree for a while, then it disappeared, but the man pages are
> > still around.  I'm asking because I've got some speakers that claim to
> > fit the USB class 1 audio thingy.  They're available for loan, if
> > somebody's willing to write a driver for them.  :)
>
> I'm curious about this too.  Many of the better USB speakers are actually
> outboard DACs of very good quality -- excellent quality compared to what's
> on most sound cards -- and avoid a lot of noise problems by not being
> physically in the computer.  And they're cheap, too!  Often you can use
> them with whatever speakers you wish.

Well, it's very high on my list now.  Fixing the OHCI driver is the only thing above
it on my USB list.  Unfortunately, there are many other things in life.
But before the summer is over, perhaps.

    -- Lennart