[Asterisk-Users] USB headsets?

Andrew Kohlsmith akohlsmith-asterisk at benshaw.com
Fri May 26 07:43:11 MST 2006


On Thursday 25 May 2006 17:48, mustardman29 wrote:
> Just remember that USB audio devices such as a USB headset increases CPU
> usage compared to standard audio.  It's probably not much of a problem for
> modern processors but I don't have any direct experience with them to
> confirm this.

Not necessarily.  USB audio devices can take audio and process it on their own 
CPU instead of requiring it in raw formats.  Some PCI audio cards can do this 
too though.

Basically the difference should be negligible.  :-)

-A.



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