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Thanks for all the help ...

I moved my M-Audio audiophile-2496 to the new box and got it working under Win-7 quite quickly. Centos was a pain. I was dealing with ASLA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page but eventually got it working (The problem was a) getting the new soundcard set as the default and b) getting the soundcard to start at non-zero volume).

I installed my Hauppauge satellite card and it works .. but I found a Terratec card online that is cheaper and looks better value. But I only look at TV on the computer when I am doing a long complicated job like backup.

I have done nothing about RAID and probably wont open the box again for a while .. but the idea of adding a second disk and having better security/stability appeals. [But I also have external backups .. yes I am paranoid .. You can never have enough backups]. I know that RAID wont protect me from virus/ransomware etc. Also I have seen things where the [hardware] RAID controller failed and destroyed all the disks.

If anyone wants info on how to install a soundcard on Centos-6 just ask and I will post.

James

alsa is bit archaic but it works,
i case someone have problem with sound on linux i recommend trying pulseaudio which is more up to date approach

ps. centos is more less server distro (based on redhat) i won`t recommend it for multimedia even slackware have more recent versions of packages/kernel (3.10 in centos) i am not surprised you had problems.
graphic configuration do not help when you have to dig into .conf files anyway.

pink wrote:alsa is bit archaic but it works,
i case someone have problem with sound on linux i recommend trying pulseaudio which is more up to date approach

ps. centos is more less server distro (based on redhat) i won`t recommend it for multimedia even slackware have more recent versions of packages/kernel (3.10 in centos) i am not surprised you had problems.
graphic configuration do not help when you have to dig into .conf files anyway.

Hi Pink,

I am not using the PC as a media-server. I just want to be able to play the odd CD or DVD but I might as well
have decent sound. I choose Centos-6 because I am used to RedHat and Centos-6 will be maintained for a few
more years. I found Fedora a pain with too many updates .. I mainly use the Linux boot to do maintenance on
the Win-7 system e.g. for making disk images (with partimage) and for looking for duplicate files (with fdupes).

James

very strange approach towards linux (but very common in ROI, home of apple) not my problem anyway.

ps. i suggest live cd for backups, fedora is pain that`s true.

have you tried debian or arch??? i run slackware currently.

pink wrote:very strange approach towards linux (but very common in ROI, home of apple) not my problem anyway.

ps. i suggest live cd for backups, fedora is pain that`s true.

have you tried debian or arch??? i run slackware currently.

I just use Centos because it is convenient. Came to it from Fedora. It's stable and does all
I want. Tried Ubuntu once but did not like it. I want a minimal desktop since I do most things
from the command line (Learnt computing the hard way and started with cards).

I fear i've arrived after the battle, but anyway...

If you want to avoid the "audiophile" cards from Asus / Soundblaster... one should look into the cards used by DJs / Musicians / Sono.
It's mostly USB, and you'll get much better value for money there.
Plus, eventually, some real neat options (built in active crossover for example, EQ,). Stuff from Behringer, M-Audio, etc...

panda2rom wrote:I fear i've arrived after the battle, but anyway...

If you want to avoid the "audiophile" cards from Asus / Soundblaster... one should look into the cards used by DJs / Musicians / Sono.
It's mostly USB, and you'll get much better value for money there.
Plus, eventually, some real neat options (built in active crossover for example, EQ,). Stuff from Behringer, M-Audio, etc...

Hi

I ended up using my old M-audio audiophile 2496 card. I got it to work with Win-7 and Centos-6.

James