[pulseaudio-discuss] Hardware support, resampling, bit-for-bit

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On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Jan Steffens <jan.steffens at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:02 PM, CC <ccomren at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm new to PulseAudio and couldn't find the following online:
> > Can PulseAudio take advantage of advanced sound cards, e.g., mixing and
> > resampling?
> > Does it allow for bit-for-bit playback?
> > I'm building an media pc, but might have wrong ideas about the
> requirements
> > -- I do lite the highest possible audio quality. I assume resampling will
> > slightly reduce audio quality (which I guess is why Windows allows
> > bit-for-bit playback) and also burns a few CPU cycles.
> > CC
>
> No and no. PulseAudio does not support hardware mixing and will
> resample all incoming streams to the default sample rate and format of
> the sink (by default 44.1kHz 16bit).
>

How are other people setting up Linux for audio and video playback?
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