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M8ram
06-22-2001, 07:43 AM
Hi,

I want to buy a soundcard and CD-writer.

For now I think the Soundblaster Live Platinum would be ideally since it has the extra front panel with digital out. That would allow me to connect my MiniDisc so I can copy MP3 tot Minidisc completely digital!

for the CD-writer I have no idea! what are good ones? (obviously supported by Linux, but then most are nowadays I have read so)

Good to me is; fast: yes, but high quality is important. If possible a CD-writer with some sort of buffer-underrun protection.

It would be to build into the computer since even external USB-writers are slower, no?


Anyway I would like to hear about good and bad experiences for both.


Thanks
Derango
06-22-2001, 08:43 AM
Plextor is a good CDRW brand (expensive, but high quality)

Your sound card is also a good choice. I wish I could afford the Platnium ;)
bdg1983
06-22-2001, 03:16 PM
I recently purchased a LG 12x8x32 8MB buffer for $140 Cdn. It had a couple of very good writeups.

I use a HP 8250i on my work Linux pc and after burning around 100 cd's so far, I have yet to create a coaster. Buffer underruns are a thing of the past.
Molecule Man
06-22-2001, 03:52 PM
Burnproof (from sanyo) is supported by cdrecord and most gui frontends. Its not really needed in Linux though.
ssadams
06-23-2001, 08:40 AM
i use a Mitsumi in one box and scsi plextors in my other boxes, and all work great.The sound card is a good choice but all that digital stuff will have to be done in Windows
as the only support for the live is basic midi and analog sound
CMD
06-24-2001, 04:48 PM
If you can, I would recommend just getting a sound card, and the digital Pclink that comes with the MZ-R700. I have that pclink, and as long as you have usb support in your kernel the Pclink works using the standard generic sound card driver. You can run that in the background to do recording (digital) while your main soundcard is doing all the rest of the stuff. I found that the pclink was easier to set up in Linux than it was in windows, because you can't have two cards running at the same time in windows.

-CMD