[Wolves] My Ubuntu Headache et al...

[Andy Wootton]

Adam Sweet wrote:

> --- Andy Wootton <andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk>
>wrote: 
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>>It is 
>>a philosophical point whether this is better or
>>worse than not working.
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>Yes. Windows (therefore Media Player) does Digital
>Audio Extraction, bypassing the audio cable from your
>drive to the soundcard, eliminating the added noise
>that this method produces...
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>
>Incidentally, why might DAE be a bad thing? I don't
>know much about this to be honest, just wondering.
>  
>
I just saw it as uneccessary load on the bus that would affect 
performance of something that might matter more to you. I haven't 
actually worked out if it would matter in practice. I believe later 
models of sound cards (such as mine that doesn't work) and optical 
drives have a digital socket too so you can get round the quality issue.

Woo