Hi Pierre,

The choice of sound cards isn't completely easy, as there is a lot of
subjectivity and opinion. However, in general, the sound card
compatibility information presented on the ALSA project's pages should
provide you with a good guide to basic compatibility. ALSA provides audio
functionality for Linux.

The ALSA project's page is here:
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page

In general, if it's compatible with ALSA, it will work with Campcaster.

Personally, though, my preference has been for USB external sound cards,
because they all use the same USB driver, greatly simplifying things.

It's also important to note that the recommended Campcaster setup calls
for three sound cards, one each for Live Mode playout and Preview playout
in Campcaster Studio, and then one for the Scheduler playout.

Personally, my own preference is for any of the Creative SoundBlaster USB
cards, and I really like my X-Fi external because it has a big knob for
controlling volume. The signal is strong and clear.

I'll also be somewhat curious to hear what others are using.


douglas

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From:
Pierre Paiement
To:
campcaster-support@lists.campware.org
Date:
12/22/2008 04:44 AM
Subject:
[campcaster-support] Recommendations for sound cards ?
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Recommendations for sound cards ?

I looked in the documentation of Campcaster and elsewhere, I do not find
much information on recommendable PCI sound card to use.

Currently, I have two PCI "Sound Blaster Live! Dell OEM Value" (CT4780)
I originally thought to use plus the card integrated for motherboard
(for cues) on a computer that I want to reserve for Campcaster.

But by reading the feature of these cards, I see that they only work,
like all Sound Blaster Live "(equipped with chipset EMU10K1) at
48kHz... but music is recorded and most web radio broadcast in 44.1kHz...

Converting any music for 44.1kHz to 48kHz seems to be undesirable for
the quality of the broadcast signal...

Therefore I rather get 3 new PCI "Creative Labs Sound Blaster SB0410
LIVE 24-BIT". Seem interesting while very cheap on ebay...
64 channel audio playback with independent sample rates
24-bit analog-to-digital conversion of analog inputs at
96kHz sample rate
24-bit Digital-to-analog conversion of digital sources at
96kHz to analog 5.1 speaker output
16-bit and 24-bit recording with sampling rates of 8,
11.025, 16, 2205, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
SPDIF output up to 24-bit resolution at selectable sampling
rate of 44.1, 48 or 96kHz

I would have liked to find information on PCI sound cards for a web
radio but it seems difficult to find....

Pierre