VIA AC97 Vinyl Stylus Audio Combo Driver 5.70a Multi-Language.

Codecs supported: This driver supports all VIA southbridges with integrated sound plus several audio codecs.

DOS sound: This driver supports DOS sound for VIA VT82C686A/VT82C686B/VT8231 southbridges only. The VIAAUDIO.COM file mentioned in the Readme concerning DOS sound can be obtained from old audio driver package 68MU220b.zip. It is no longer supplied in the Vinyl_AudioCodec driver package.

Release history: This combination driver was first published on 24 June 2002. Prior to 24 June 2002, there was driver 74mu170a for VT8233/VT8233A/VT8233C and driver 68MU220b for VT686A, 686B & VT8321. The "combo" driver combined those two drivers into the one package and added support for the (at the time) new VT8235 southbridge. Further improvements have been made in subsequent releases and the driver package is now called Vinyl_AudioCodec. Package version v3.50b released on 23 April 2003 was the first version to include Sensaura technology for the VIA Six-TRAC (VT1616 Codec).

Special note: VIA advises that where possible, users should install onboard sound drivers provided by their motherboard manufacturer in preference to the audio drivers below.