I have 5 spare PCI sound cards. Call them A, B, C, D and E. All different sound cards.
I have a spare PC. It has 5 PCI slots.
I would like to create a simple amplifier/receiver system by:
1. Installing as many of these PCI sound cards as possible
2. Connect the outputs of sound card"A" => to the 4 Speakers and Subwoofer
3. Connect inputs to the sound cards"B" <= from the TV
"C" <= from the DVD
"D" <= from the Cable STB
"E" <= from the Camcorder
So when I am:
- Watching TV (local channel), I can route B's input to => A
- Watching a DVD movie, I can route C's input to => A
- Watching Cable channel, I can route D's input to => A
- Watching Camcorder home movie, I can route E's input to => A
I understand that many Linux distro's can handle multiple PCI sound cards.
But I am looking for a Linux distro that:
* Has some focus on audio
* Makes this easy
* Recognizes the different sound cards at boot time
* Has some kind of application (GUI) that I can use to point-and-click for routing the audio "B=>A", "C=>A", "D=>A" or "E=>A"
What would you recommend?
Note: I only care about the audio. The video outputs are all taken care of.
