[App_rpt-users] usbradio similar driver with non usb sound cards?

[Shayne Hughes]

I made the changes to usbradio that you suggest about a year or so ago, 
and it worked ok.  However I was just getting started with app-rpt, and 
there were some other little issues I was having.  I decided to mod the 
cm108 device and see how that compared.  Unless you're using the 
recommended hardware/software, it's really hard for anyone to help.

I haven't gone back to it only because of lack of time and interest, but 
I should be able to dig up the modified source if you want.  On the 
other hand, I think it only amounted to a dozen or so lines of code.

Shayne


Steve Gladden wrote:
> Is it at all reasonable or worthwhile to even *think* I could write an 
> alternate driver like usbradio but that uses some kind of 'generic'
> audio driver that outputs and captures audio from just about any 
> 'common' PCI or ISA type sound card via it's normal linux driver..
> and route radio PTT to something like a pin on a serial or parallel port??
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> I've been doing this for quite sometime with the Linux soundcard packet 
> radio drivers where it almost doesn't matter what sound card you have 
> installed it works..
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> Was just wondering if this is possible.. and if it may be a worthwhile 
> project for me to eventually take on..
> And what the good and bad may be in doing so.
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> Is all the work that has been done on the cm108 driver so specific to 
> the cm108 that it could not be easily applied to another sound device?
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> Or is this rather simple and I should get to work on it?
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> Thanks for entertaining my curiosity...
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> I also thought that might be a really good learning project for me to do 
> and learn how to do it... also why or why it may not be a good idea.
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> Thanks!
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