On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 19:14 -0800, John Wendel wrote: Hello All, I'm still having problems playing audio CDs with a KDE desktop running on a Pentium 4. The system recognizes my "soundcard" which is on the motherboard rather than in a slot. There's no cable connecting the CD player to the soundcard and the machine did not come with documentation as to how -- or where -- to install one. With help from this list I've been able to play CDs using the DVD player's digital interface by setting this parameter in xmms: XMMS -> options -> preferences -> input plugins -> cd audio player -> configure -> digital audio extraction Two new problems have emerged: (1) How can I make xmms my default player and stop KsCd from popping up every 5 seconds? (Actually, the ideal for me would be to have nothing start automatically when I put in a CD. It seems this should be simple but I can't find the menu selection anywhere!) (2) I'm getting noise that sounds like static when I play a CD. The problem is not the speakers since I get the same interference when I plug in headphones instead. Also, this problem does not occur when I boot Windows XP on the same machine and play the same CD using Windows Media Player or iTunes. The static (which sounds like something on a cheap radio) stops during gaps between songs so I've assumed it has something to do with the volume settings. I've fiddled with the mixer settings using alsamixer and KMix (are these controlling the same thing?) but haven't been able to get rid of the noise. If this some sort of hardware issue I need to narrow it down before I dare taking the machine back to the shop. Unless I can find the right tech in the back room I know they'll just tell me to use Windows! Thanks for the help! Jerry
