On Sunday 03 December 2006 15:38, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > For some reason I can no longer get music out of a CD on that box. > > System sounds work, so the audio card is OK and speakers are OK, so are > > the connections. Xmms shows that the CD is playing but nothing comes > > out. I've checked everything in alsamixer. > > > > I've disabled the on-board audio and put in a SBLive card, which is > > detected and playing system sounds. This is 5.1 card, and it is > > connected to a 2.1 speaker setup. Is there something that I can use to > > tell it so? > > > > Any more ideas that I can check out? > > > > Thanks > > > > Anne > > Are you using an audio cable between the CD drive and the sound > card? Or are using digital audio from the drive? > There is a cable from the cd drive, and it is securely attached. I do have cdread enabled in xmms (I think that's the name) instead of cdplayer, and that has always done it for me in the past. > If you are using an audio cable, check that the CD audio didn't get > muted in the mixer, and/or try another audio cable. You can also try > plugging headphones into the jack on the drive, and see if you get > audio there. > I've been through all the mixer settings. I can't find anything wrong there. > If you are using digital audio, make sure an upgrade didn't change > the settings to the analog audio cable from the drive. > This box was using on-board sound, and cd playing worked then. The trouble is that it wasn't used for sound for quite some time, so I'm not sure in what order the problems started. I have two DVD drives - a reader and a writer. The writer is hdc and has the audio cable. In the past I was able to use hdc with xmms, and oddly enough I could play a cd digitally using the front-panel buttons on the dvd-reader. At some point it all stopped working, even system sounds. I installed the SBLive card, and now system sounds work, but I can't get any music. Anne
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