Linux compatible Soundcard with Optical digital output

Ahriakin

Hi folks,

I'm thinking of converting my old media PC to Mythbuntu but had problems before getting it to recognize the Turtle Beach soundcard that was in there. Can anyone recommend a decent/cheap soundcard with optical digital out that works well with Linux?

Cheers.

JDMurray

I don't have any specific recommendations for inexpensive cards, but here's several sites that deal with Linux sound card compatibility:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page
http://linux-sound.org/hardware.html
http://lad.linuxaudio.org/

Ahriakin

Thank you sir. Looks like I'll go with a Turtle Beach Montego DDL, both ALSA and the vendor state it will work with ALSA on Ubuntu (the old one was a cheaper Riviera which only had unnofficial support).