OSS4 and UBS Audio Class 2 Support?

[nyc_paramedic]

I took a look at the Wiki and installation notes and could not find the info I was looking for.

Does OSS4 support USB Audio Class 2 devices? I have a USB DAC that can decode 24 bit/192Khz files.

[igorzwx]

I took a look at the Wiki and installation notes and could not find the info I was looking for.

Does OSS4 support USB Audio Class 2 devices? I have a USB DAC that can decode 24 bit/192Khz files.

Drivers
From mid-2010 on USB audio class 2 drivers are available in OSX 10.6.4 and Linux.
Both support sample rates up to 384 kHz.
It is unclear if Microsoft is going to support USB Audio 2.
http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/KB/USB.html

Does it work with ALSA?

You can simply boot Arch LiveCD and test it with ALSA and OSS4.

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# ossdetect -v

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$ lsusb

[nyc_paramedic]

I took a look at the Wiki and installation notes and could not find the info I was looking for.

Does OSS4 support USB Audio Class 2 devices? I have a USB DAC that can decode 24 bit/192Khz files.

Drivers
From mid-2010 on USB audio class 2 drivers are available in OSX 10.6.4 and Linux.
Both support sample rates up to 384 kHz.
It is unclear if Microsoft is going to support USB Audio 2.
http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/KB/USB.html

Does it work with ALSA?

You can simply boot Arch LiveCD and test it with ALSA and OSS4.

Code: Select all

# ossdetect -v

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$ lsusb

It works with ALSA. My question was in regards to an OSS driver.

[igorzwx]

It is not very probable that there is an OSS4 driver for this particular "unknown" USB device.

[nyc_paramedic]

It is not very probable that there is an OSS4 driver for this particular "unknown" USB device.

What do you mean by "unkown" USb device? Does't OSS supprt standard USB Audio Class 1 devices? That is, if a USB sound card follows the UAC1 (USB Audio Class 1) spec and you plug it in to computer that has UAC1 support then the cars should just work. ALSA 1.0.23 has UAC1 support and ALSA 1.0.24 has UAC2 support.

Does OSS 4 has UAC2 support for standard USB Audio Class 2 devices? That's what I'm asking.

[igorzwx]

It is not very probable that there is an OSS4 driver for this particular "unknown" USB device.

What do you mean by "unkown" USb device? Does't OSS supprt standard USB Audio Class 1 devices? That is, if a USB sound card follows the UAC1 (USB Audio Class 1) spec and you plug it in to computer that has UAC1 support then the cars should just work. ALSA 1.0.23 has UAC1 support and ALSA 1.0.24 has UAC2 support.

Does OSS 4 has UAC2 support for standard USB Audio Class 2 devices? That's what I'm asking.

Do you mean "unknown"?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/unknown

OSS4 does not support USB audio devices: "output is experimental, input is not implemented" https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OSS
However, some USB audio devices may work with OSS4. For example: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OS ... SB1090_USB

You told that it works with ALSA. Right? Are you content with sound quality?