<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Jan Steffens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jan.steffens@gmail.com">jan.steffens@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:02 PM, CC <<a href="mailto:ccomren@gmail.com">ccomren@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
> I'm new to PulseAudio and couldn't find the following online:<br>
> Can PulseAudio take advantage of advanced sound cards, e.g., mixing and<br>
> resampling?<br>
> Does it allow for bit-for-bit playback?<br>
> I'm building an media pc, but might have wrong ideas about the requirements<br>
> -- I do lite the highest possible audio quality. I assume resampling will<br>
> slightly reduce audio quality (which I guess is why Windows allows<br>
> bit-for-bit playback) and also burns a few CPU cycles.<br>
> CC<br>
<br>
</div></div>No and no. PulseAudio does not support hardware mixing and will<br>
resample all incoming streams to the default sample rate and format of<br>
the sink (by default 44.1kHz 16bit).<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>How are other people setting up Linux for audio and video playback?</div>