Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor as pure audio card & capturing devi

Hi everyone,
May be a stupid question, but since I'm a newbie to this forum, please forgive me :-)
I'm just considering to buy the Audidy 2 ZS Video Editor and wonder whether I could also use it as a pure audio capturing sound card. Or does it only work with video+audio combined? If it can do pure audio capturing, what is the difference to the Audigy 2 ZS for Notebooks (except that it must be connected via USB and not via PCMCIA and that it can capture video as well ...)?
Can someone tell me which digital audio formats the Video Editor supports?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Best regards
BSE
PS: Or should I have send this better to the Video Editor forum?

BSE,
Yes, Video Editor is a full Audigy 2 ZS soundcard as well as a video capture device - there are two circuit boards in the box. You can capture stereo uncompressed audio into the Line In and SPDIF inputs just like any Audigy. The video portion has its own separate audio inputs.
-Chris

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