SND_ENVY24HT(4)

πŸ’– SND_ENVY24HT πŸ’–

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for snd_envy24ht β€” a 4-section kernel interfaces page, the kind you find in the Kernel Interfaces Manual. it's the VIA Envy24HT and compatible bridge device driver, and we're gonna get you all the way caught up. grab a snack πŸ“


✨ NAME ✨

snd_envy24ht β€” the VIA Envy24HT and compatible bridge device driver. that's the whole vibe, that's the name, periodt πŸ’…


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so to compile this driver into the kernel, you drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device sound
device snd_envy24ht
device snd_spicds

and if you'd rather load it as a module at boot time instead (main character energy, no recompile needed ✨), you put this line in loader.conf(5):

snd_envy24ht_load="YES"

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

the snd_envy24ht bridge driver lets the generic audio driver sound(4) attach to the VIA Envy24HT (that's the ICE1724 or VT1724 chipset, iykyk) and to compatible audio devices. bridge driver = it's the matchmaker between your card and the generic sound layer. obsessed 🫢


πŸŽ€ HARDWARE πŸŽ€

here's the part you actually came for. the snd_envy24ht driver supports these audio devices:

  • Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1
  • Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT
  • Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 XT
  • Audiotrak Prodigy HD2
  • ESI Juli@
  • ESI Juli@ XTe
  • M-Audio Audiophile 192
  • M-Audio Revolution 5.1
  • M-Audio Revolution 7.1
  • Terratec Aureon 5.1 Sky
  • Terratec Aureon 7.1 Space
  • Terratec Aureon 7.1 Universe
  • Terratec PHASE 22
  • Terratec PHASE 28
⚠️ real talk bestie, no sugarcoating: only analog playback is supported. recording and other features of these cards are not supported. like, not "coming soon", not "sorta works" β€” just not supported. so if you were planning to plug a mic into that Juli@, that plan is giving πŸ’€ and you should know it up front.

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯


🌈 HISTORY 🌈

the snd_envy24ht device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.3. vintage, but make it slay ⭐


πŸ‘‘ AUTHORS πŸ‘‘

the snd_envy24ht driver was written by Konstantin Dimitrov, based upon the snd_envy24(4) driver. and this manual page was written by Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org>.


and that's the whole page, no cap πŸ’œ this one shipped out under the Debian name, dated August 11, 2018 β€” so like, if you're reading this in a terminal somewhere, hi, hope your sound card is behaving. mwah πŸŽ€βœ¨

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