VIA VT82C686 AC97 Audio is a audio adapter. This product is available from VIA. The detected vendor ID for the VT82C686 AC97 Audio is 0x1106 and the product IDs include 0x3058.
Using HDMI Audio/Video On Linux: The last time we looked in-depth at HDMI support on Linux was last December when talking about HDMI with the ATI Catalyst Linux driver. Since then there has been improvements in a number of drivers for different hardware. In this article we have a brief overview on the status of HDMI support in the Intel, NVIDIA, and ATI Linux drivers.
Linux Audio Comparison: Of the challenges that GNU/Linux users face when choosing hardware components for any system is the sound card compatibility. ALSA, or officially known as Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, provides much of the audio and MIDI functionality to Linux users and is largely replacing OSS (Open Sound System).