On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:26:53 -0500, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:12:21 -0600, AdabalaP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <AdabalaP@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I cannot play music CD's using this realplayer, Has any one able too ? > > Looks like the CDROM dose not get mounted ! When i try using the "CD > > player" the default from FC3 installation, the CD gets mounted and it plays > > the records but there is no audio ? > > Can you play CD's with other apps? Probably you have other options in > Applications--Sound and Video. "CD Player" is one example. If none of > them work, which I suspect, read on ... > > Very often, the inability to play CD's is a Linux quirk: you know that > thin cable you used to have running from your CD-rom drive to the > sound card? Windows doesn't need it anymore, most of the time, but > Linux still does. Without it, you can't get sound from the CD out to > the speakers. > > My work computer has a removable CD-rom drive that isn't designed to > handle a cable. I get around the problem by ripping my CD's with grip > or Sound Juicer, and playing the .ogg format output with xmms, > Rhythmbox (Music Player), xmms, Totem, or xine. It's more work, but > it's a good excuse to rip my CD's. > Check the speaker volume control settings. "Mute" seems to be the default setting for all inputs and outputs.
