Re: Problem with 24 bit output on M-Audio Revolution 7.1

Rob Leslie <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:41:38 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.mad.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Dec 20, 2003, at 12:58 PM, Jason Clouse wrote:
> I just got hold of an M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and decided to start 
> playing around with it.  I've got the latest CVS of ALSA and 
> AlsaPlayer installed and I can successfully get sound of the card.
>
> I'm having some trouble, however.  I read that the Revolution has a 
> pure 24/192 signal path from start to finish, and that madplay can 
> take advantage of this.  I tried running madplay with the 
> '--bit-depth=24' option but it told me that the card couldn't handle 
> 24 bit output, and that it was dropping back to 16.  Did I miss 
> something?

The ability to use 24-bit output depends as much on your audio driver 
as the card itself. Which audio output module are you using with 
madplay?

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Rob Leslie
[email protected]