Provided by:
oss4-base_4.2-build2005-2ubuntu1_i386 
NAME
oss_cmi878x - CMedia CMI8788 audio driver.
DESCRIPTION
Open Sound System driver for CMedia Electronics CMI8788 audio
CMI87xx device characteristics:
o 8/16/24/32 bit playback/record
o mono/stereo/4ch/5.1/7.1 playback
o 8KHz to 192Khz sample rate.
The CMedia 8788 device provides 3 types of devices. The first devices
is a Multichannel full duplex device. The second device provides Front
Panel audio access and the SPDIF device provide SPDIF (Digital) audio
I/O.
MIXER PANEL
The CMedia chip provides some unique features that are set up by the
Mixer chip. There are 3 mixer devices presented to the user.
Main Mixer Panel (/dev/mixer0)
o Master Mixer panel is for controlling output volumes for each of the
8 channels.
o Monitor buttons will allow you to monitor the input from the Rear
Panel inputs, Front Panel Inputs and SPDIF IN.
o Speaker-Spread function duplicates the front channel output on all 8
speakers.
o SPDIF Loopback simply takes SPDIF Input and Plays it out the SPDIF
Output. panel.
AC97 Input Mixer Panel (/dev/mixer1) This mixer panel is used to
switch between the various inputs like line-in, mic, cd. When
the Rear Panel Monitor button is check marked in the Main mixer
panel, the IGAIN slider in this panel controls the level of the
input that can be hear on the speakers.
AC97 Front Panel Mixer (/dev/mixer2) This mixer controls the
front panel ac97 device. It can be used to control all the
volumes and inputs as well as SPDIF output on the front panel
device.
OPTIONS
None
FILES
/etc/oss4/conf/oss_cmi878x.conf Device configuration file
AUTHOR
4Front Technologies
05 February 2012 oss_cmi878x(7)