On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 14:18 -0600, Robin Laing wrote: > Hoffmann wrote: > > --- Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>Hoffmann wrote: > >> > >>>--- "N. James Bridge" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >>I very rarely just play a CD on the computer > >>anymore. But if you want > >>to just play, follow the original reply. > >> > >>When you press play, and nothing happens, does this > >>mean that the CD > >>does not even spin? Or that the CD spins and there > >>is no sound? What > >>program are you trying to use? I have at least > >>three different > >>players on my machine. Of course there is one other > >>question, is this > >>a standard CD or a copy protected CD that will only > >>play in Windows? > >>I have had one of those and it required Windows to > >>play on a computer. > >> It was in the fine print on the CD. > >> > >>I have never had a problem just playing a CD in > >>Linux since I started > >>using Linux at home. DVD's have been more of an > >>issue but not that much. > >> > >>-- > >>Robin Laing > > > > > > Hi Robin, > > > > In response to your question, THE CD I HAVE IS THE > > ORIGINAL STANDARD CD I just bought at Amazon.com. > > Do you have any hint? I am really anxious to listen my > > CDs on Fedora. > > Thanks! > > Hoffmann > > > > > > When you say Original Standard CD, are you talking about the standard > or the title of the CD? What is the CD title? > > Looking at the standards, there are multiple standards and that can > make a difference. A CD that is a standard CD may not play as a > normal CD and still have copy protection. This is looking more and > more to be the case. Some copy protection may not be indicated on the > CD in any way. > > Have you tried a different player as suggested? How about playing > other CD's? If you are talking about a new CD, I would be tempted to > think that there is a good chance to have copy protection. Now there > is some CD being manufactured that will work well in WMP but you are > toast if you try any other computer OS. I have come across this on > one CD that I purchased. I could not play it on my computer or my old > CD player. I returned the CD and downloaded the music from the net. > Try an old CD and work with that first. > > I would do a further test but I don't have audio CD's handy and work > is almost over. > > -- > Robin Laing > I play all my music cds through the computer, since my cd player broke. All work fine with FC3 and 4. But I recall that when first trying to play them, on FC3, I got no sound. It turned out to be due simply to the wrong setting on the volume control (Applications > Sound and Video). At that time gnome had a default setting of silent and reset this on every reboot. Now works properly, though. -- James Bridge <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
