I had a look at the latest Windows drivers for the 8338, or at least the readme files and noticed that the latest drivers mention something to the effect of...
Rich Hanson
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Oct 4, 1999 8:12 pm
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I know there is a Linux driver for the 8338, but does anyone know if the driver yet supports the switching of the SPDIF input? -- Rich Hanson (at home) Yawn at...
Rich Hanson
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Oct 4, 1999 8:11 pm
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Anyone else tried them? I just put them on, and the S/PDIF control from the volume mixer has vanished! ARRGGHH! I'm getting the Audio Rack in case they've...
Tom Browne
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Oct 24, 1999 12:26 pm
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To followup my own message... YES, you do need to get the new audio rack... that's where the S/PDIF controls are now. It's quite cool - they've added a ...
Tom Browne
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Oct 24, 1999 12:34 pm
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Hi, Grrr. Tom. you beat me to the mailing list announcement!!! :-) ... rack... ... a ... The new Windows 95/98 Audiorack is indeed a cool development.. and...
Adrian Casper
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Oct 24, 1999 12:55 pm
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Hi all. I have alredy tried the new driver stuff downloaded from C-MEDIA with a 8338 card, and with a mainboard which had the 8738 integrated on board. The...
Benyhe Gabor
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Oct 24, 1999 6:45 am
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Hiya, ... Sorry. :) ... kill ... That's rather neat... but it's hardly a big deal to hit the rec button to do track marks yourself, IMO. I've just taken about...
Tom Browne
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Oct 24, 1999 4:30 pm
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Very, very interesting. I just used my JE510 deck as an ADC, feeding the optical out into the SCMS stripper, and into the 8338. Recorded some empty space...
Tom Browne
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Oct 27, 1999 4:41 pm
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detlef@xxxxxxx.xxx
Oct 28, 1999 4:07 pm
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... Preferably in the US? Thanks for letting us know about this card.<< I was able to obtain one from the CM Excel Company. As I understand it, they are not...
Joe Scroggins
jscroggins@xxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 28, 1999 5:13 pm
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Here's something bizarre. On outputting 16-bit data, SCMS is disabled, according to my DacMagic. However, output some 24-bit packed, and SCMS appears to be...
Tom Browne
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Oct 28, 1999 9:11 pm
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Well the MD-Mate is not suppose to be ready till December but the AV-511 (md-mate minus the optical board) is 15 dolars plus 8 S&H on suredeals.com .....
Stuart Gerber
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Oct 29, 1999 4:42 pm
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does that new option in the mixer for av510/11 for spdif in loopback mean the 8738 chip boards will make the spdif out plug turn into a spdif in plug when that...
Stuart Gerber
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Oct 29, 1999 4:42 pm
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Hi, ... plug ... With the loopback option selected, digital audio passes internally through the card from S/PDIF-in back to S/PDIF out. Interesting to know...
Adrian Casper
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Oct 29, 1999 5:45 pm
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It might kill the SCMS... but I'm lacking a BNC -> phono converter to test that. I tested MD deck -> Opt out -> SCMS stripper, 8338 in -> DACMagic... Er......
Tom Browne
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Oct 29, 1999 9:57 pm
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Just tried DAT -> 8338 -> DM in loopback mode as well. This also suffers from some pretty nasty pops and crackles. The DAT stuff I was looping through was...
Tom Browne
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Oct 29, 1999 10:19 pm
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Erm.......I think you may find that loopback is generally used for testing only. As the output is being routed back to the input, internally, it should let you...
Iain Girdwood
iaing@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx
Oct 29, 1999 11:15 pm
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Are you sure? The checkbox is marked "bypass" so I assumed it just fed the input to output... ? - Tom. ... From: Iain Girdwood <iaing@...> To:...
Tom Browne
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Oct 29, 1999 11:35 pm
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No, Tom.......not sure at all.......but 'loopback' testing is quite common in other areas (principally communications devices) and behaves as I described, it's...
Iain Girdwood
iaing@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx
Oct 29, 1999 11:48 pm
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Hmm... if there was an internal loopback going on, wouldn't the DM not lose lock when I turned the external source to the 8338 off? It does... Turned off the...
Tom Browne
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Oct 30, 1999 12:14 am
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Hi! ... the ... Yep, For loopback - maybe they mean't to say "loopthrough". The feature on this card is simply the relaying of SPDIF input to output via the...
Adrian Casper
castaway@xxxxxx.xx.xxx
Oct 30, 1999 3:15 pm
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Those of you that desperate to kill SCMS should look at the dejitter circuit in November issue of Electronics World. Cheers,Robin ... From: Adrian Casper To:...
Robin Pywell
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Oct 30, 1999 4:35 pm
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You should be able to kill SCMS very easily... just use the enclosed util for "loopthrough" instead of the option in the mixer - the only problem is that it'll...
Tom Browne
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Oct 30, 1999 5:06 pm
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New drivers - great, they work, shame about the SPDIF controls' relocation. This question may have been asked and answered already, but I lost a lot of mail...
Rich Hanson
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Nov 4, 1999 9:51 pm
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Hi all, Maybe, there will be nothing new for you in my letter, sorry. Anyway, at last I could buy an AV511 which I have the following results with: (MD-MATE...
Benyhe Gabor
benyheg@xxxxxxx.xxx
Nov 8, 1999 12:19 am
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Hiya, Just out of curiosity, have you tested the analogue capability on the 8738? I seem to remember C-Media saying something about the 8338 not sounding as ...
Tom Browne
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Nov 8, 1999 2:26 am
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Hi, I'm new to this list. I've tried C-Media's new drivers/apps and found that: 1) http://www.cmedia.com.tw/8x38/W9x/38w9x184.zip is claimed for use with ...
Ryuichiro ARAKI
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Nov 18, 1999 6:21 am
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Well, I was mad enough to try running both cards in the same machine... and am happy to say that they don't seem to mind each other (much). This gets me around...
Adrian Casper
castaway@xxxxxx.xx.xxx
Dec 16, 1999 8:06 pm
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I've been using the Vortex2 and 8338 together for a long time. Ooh... must be about 4 or 5 months now. No problems as such. RecordIt may not find the desired...
Tom Browne
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Dec 17, 1999 1:07 am
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Anyone checked them out yet? The new NT drivers seem to now have S/PDIF support, and the Win9x drivers claim MMX and EAX support. - Tom....