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thm655321:
Will it output audio via USB (for example to a USB dac) or do you need a network device to play the audio?
bob:
--- Quote from: thm655321 on September 11, 2015, 02:39:24 pm ---Will it output audio via USB (for example to a USB dac) or do you need a network device to play the audio?
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Yes. I used a DragonFly USB dac for testing.
thm655321:
Interesting. Does the Dragonfly need drivers to make it work? My Benchmark DAC2 needs Windows drivers installed so I may have to explore with Benchmark whether it would work just plugged into the Qnap.
Edit: Just checked, my DAC2 has a driverless asynchronous USB 1.1 mode but it is limited to 96K audio, so this likely will not work for me but looks like it could be a great solution for those who don't do higher than 96K (or DSD I guess).
mwillems:
The good news is that many devices that require drivers on windows work without separate drivers on linux systems (the drivers are built into the kernel and/or ALSA). However, the bad news is that if your device doesn't "just work" most vendors don't bother making drivers for linux systems so that may be the end of the road.
It will really depend on what kind of kernel the QNAP is running, what the ALSA support looks like, and whether your device has good linux support. The DAC 2 claims to be UAC2 compliant, which means it would likely to work without a driver on a normal desktop Linux system. Depending on the QNAP's environment it may "just work"
bob:
--- Quote from: mwillems on September 11, 2015, 03:05:23 pm ---The good news is that many devices that require drivers on windows work without separate drivers on linux systems (the drivers are built into the kernel and/or ALSA). However, the bad news is that if your device doesn't "just work" most vendors don't bother making drivers for linux systems so that may be the end of the road.
It will really depend on what kind of kernel the QNAP is running, what the ALSA support looks like, and whether your device has good linux support. The DAC 2 claims to be UAC2 compliant, which means it would likely to work without a driver on a normal desktop Linux system. Depending on the QNAP's environment it may "just work"
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This is what I built on:
Linux version 3.12.6 (root@NasX86-12) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Thu Jul 16 01:55:31 CST 2015
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