Re: [Sheflug] Sound Card and food

[Alex Hudson <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

On 26 Jan 2001 18:22:35 +0000,  wrote:
> Does anyone out there know if there is a reasonably cheap ie <50 squid
> sound card out there which has an optical output. I've just bought
> myself a Mini disc player for Christmas and would like to be able to
> back up my mp3s without having to go through and put track marks in.


Unfortunately not (that I know of). There are some great digital cards
out there - Project Hammerfall, for example, complete with Linux drivers
:) - but not any cheap ones. I'm a little worried by the term 'back up'
you use though - is it the case that you think you can keep the
minidiscs as copies in case you loose the mp3s? 'Fraid not, what's most
likely to happen is you'll get some high quality uncopyable minidiscs -
great for listening to, but SCMS (serial copy management software?)
means that you can't copy it again, at least digitally. But then, you're
not likely to have a minidisc player with optical out, so maybe this
doesn't worry you :)

Cheers,

Alex.
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