Soundcard

[markma]

I have a CMI-8330 Chip on me souncard. I've set it up using sndconfig, but if I play a sound it would just make a "didt" sound, or a MP3 files, several "didt" sounds?
what is going on?

[Thunderbird750]

What distribution do you have?
When you went thru sndconfig, what did you pick (or what did sndconfig identify for you)?

[Thunderbird750]

An alternative to direct drivers is ALSA.
If you can't get a specific driver working for your sound, you may want to consider ALSA

The chipset you mention is listed for some cards in the ALSA hardware list: http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/

See NHF: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/southbridge_alsa.html

(while it is for southbridge, it has some generic advice and pointers as well)

[markma]

sndconfig identified it as CMI-8330 Chipset.
Under windows, the SB16 Driver works.

[Thunderbird750]

On the ALSA hardware page, there's a link to a CMI-8330 page. You may find more up-to-date linux drivers.
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/doc8330.htm

You can also try selecting the soundblaster16 options under sndconfig; it may work. My southbridge is supposedly sb16 compatible, but that didn't work for me. If these don't yield a working solution, try the ALSA.

[markma]

Were you able to access http://www.cmedia.com.tw ?
I cannot.

[Thunderbird750]

Sorry, in the middle of posting the following last night, my browser crashed...try again!

Yes, I could get to the web site. I wandered around a bit, and for that chip set they seem to be recommending OSS. OSS is, if I understand correctly, similar to ALSA, but is fee based; whereas ASLA is GNU licensed (no fee). They also recommended you contact the card manufacturer for drivers. If you know your card manufacturer, they may have a specific driver.

If you can't find the manufacturer, I'd try ALSA.