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SoundBlaster Live! OS/2 Audio driver version 0.25 (beta)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contents
========
1 Description
2 Features
3 Requirements
4 Installation
5 Config.sys options
6 Known problems
7 File listing
8 Source code
9 Contacting the author
9.1 SoundBlaster Live OS/2 mailinglist
10 Warranty
1 Description
=============
This is the port of the open source Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live Linux audio
driver.
Although the driver is almost feature complete, it should still be considered
beta software. (see the warranty section)
This work would never have been possible without the support by Creative Labs
and the current maintainers of the Linux driver.
2 Features
==========
- Up to 32 simultaneous wave playback streams
- One record stream
- Full duplex
- Support for the IOCTL90 mixer interface (designed by Joe Nord of
Crystal Semiconductor and supported by the Crystal OS/2 audio drivers)
- RTMIDI playback & recording (not yet implemented in this release)
3 Requirements
==============
- OS/2 Warp 4 or Warp Server for e-Business
(Warp 3 not tested)
- Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! soundcard
4 Installation
==============
- Unzip driver archive
- Run install.cmd
- Select 'SoundBlaster Live! Wave Audio' and continue installation
- Reboot
- During OS/2 boot, press Alt-F1 and select 'Enable Hardware Detection'
5 Config.sys options
====================
DEVICE=J:\MMOS2\SBLIVE16.SYS /V /C /M /L
- /V: verbose (prints copyrights during driver init)
- /C: enable CD audio input
- /M: enable microphone audio input
- /L: enable linein audio input
The installation adds the verbose and CD settings to the config.sys line.
6 Known problems
================
- Users have reported that sometimes applications can no longer play audio
(unable to load mdm.dll). This apparently happens from time to time (requiring
a reboot), but I have not been able to reproduce this myself.
If you find a way to reliably reproduce this, please contact the author.
(see section 9)
- Small distortions when recording at 44.1khz 16 bits stereo
- Crash in PMMERGE when installing the driver on a system that uses the Scitech
display drivers.
Workaround: move the first minstall window (which asks you to select the sb
driver) almost completely outside of the screen and press enter.
7 File listing
==============
Installation files:
23-04-00 16:55 326 0 audfiles.scr
19-07-94 17:54 4395 0 audplay.ico
24-04-00 10:37 952 0 AUDHELP.HLP
24-04-00 17:09 20519 0 CARDINFO.dll
24-04-00 17:09 3500 0 control.scr
19-07-94 17:54 4395 0 midiplay.ico
19-07-94 17:54 4395 0 vidplay.ico
16 bits MMPM/2 audio driver:
24-04-00 17:26 40382 0 sblive16.sys
32 bits SB Live Core audio driver:
25-04-00 21:38 81056 0 sblive32w4.sys
32 bits SB Live Core audio driver:
(uses the new KEE api found in Warp 4 + Fixpack 13 or Warp Server for
e-Business)
25-04-00 21:42 63936 0 sblive32kee.sys
8 Source code
=============
As this driver is based on the open source SoundBlaster Live Linux driver,
the source code is available under the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
The CVS repository is located at the Netlabs server:
set CVSROOT=:pserver:guest@www.netlabs.org:d:/netlabs.src/sbliveos2
set USER=guest
Login as 'guest' with password 'readonly'.
9 Contacting the author
=======================
When you find a bug in the driver, you can contact the author by
email at sandervl@xs4all.nl.
Bug reports should include the following information:
- SoundBlaster Live model
- OS/2 version + fixpack level
- Description of the procedure to reproduce the bug
Please note that I do *not* want people to mail me about problems that
aren't clearly bugs in the driver. There is a mailinglist at egroups.com
that can be used for general questions about the driver.
Also, do NOT mail the Linux authors about problems with the OS/2 driver.
If a problem in the driver turns out to be a bug in their code, then I will
contact them.
9.1 SoundBlaster Live OS/2 mailinglist
======================================
A mailinglist to discuss the OS/2 sblive driver has been created at egroups.com.
Go to www.egroups.com to subscribe to sbliveos2@egroups.com.
10 Warranty
===========
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE RESTRICTED BY LAW, THIS WORK IS PROVIDED
WITHOUT ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR TITLE. EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, NO AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
LICENSOR SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF
THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.