On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:32:13 -0800, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:09:31 -0800, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:11:05 -0500, Jon Nettleton > > <jon.nettleton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:32:02 -0800, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:23:42 -0500, Charles E Taylor IV > > > > <tomalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:11:40 -0800 > > > > > Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've found that a udev update through up2date fixed many of the > > > > > > problems. Now the CD plays, but still no audio. I've turned up every > > > > > > option in alsamixer. I enabled the Gnome sound server on start up and > > > > > > I'm getting system sounds, but no audio from the CD. > > > > > > > > > > If this is a new machine (one that you haven't used to play CDs under > > > > > Linux before), do you actually have an audio cable going from your CD > > > > > drive to your sound card? I had that trouble with a machine I built from > > > > > parts a while back. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good question and one I had wondered about myself. I don't know. It's > > > > an eMachines box that had Windows XP on it but I never booted XP. I > > > > just assumed it had a cable if that was required. Typically (on my > > > > machines - this one is my wife's first Linux box) I use alsaplayer > > > > which plays digitally and I do not have the audio cable. I guess > > > > gnome-cd doesn't do digital playback? > > > > > > > > I'll check the cable, and I'll check shich drive (DVD or CD) has the > > > > cable. Could be either I suppose. > > > > > > > > thanks for the feedback. > > > > > > > > - Mark > > > > > > > > -- > > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > The default cdplayer application doesn't use the analog cable anymore. > > > It reads the data directly from the cdplayer over the ide bus. > > > Unfortunately, I have found some problems with certain cdrom drives, > > > using this method. In particular the burners that came with Dell > > > Dimension's had this problem. The tell tale sign is a bunch of drive > > > seek errors in dmesg. The easiest solution I found to fix this > > > problem was to switch to using goobox as my cdrom player. > > > http://gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=531 (sorry no rpms). In general > > > I find this a much nicer player. > > > > > > -Jon > > > > Jon, > > Thanks for the info. In my case I have no drive seek errors on > > either drive but I still don't get audio. I tried setting up > > Alsaplayer but I'm in dependency hell at the moment and don't have > > time to deal with that until this evening. I'll try goobox and see if > > I can get it installed, again assuming no major dependency problems. > > > > Install smart (Smart Package Manager, http://smartpm.org) to handle > your package dependency problems. > > > With the udev update I did this morning I have far more > > functionality right now. gnome-cd spins the disk and tries to play it. > > It downloads CD info and displays that. Also Music Player opens, sees > > the CD and allows me to rip the CD to disk creating ogg files, and the > > ogg files play fine, so I'm able to get some music into the house even > > though it's not highly automated at the moment. > > > > This will likely come down to finding the right set of > > applications. I use alsaplayer but I think it's dis management > > features are not rich enough for my wife. May try Aqualung also... > > > > Thanks very much, > > Mark > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I stand corrected, gnome-cd does still use analog cd input. I must have been confused with that time when I was using a cd player that wasn't well past its prime. Sorry about the misinformation.
