On Sunday 03 December 2006 17:30, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Even though it may be securely attached, it may not be a good cable. > They do sometimes break. That is why I asked about trying another > cable. I'll dig another one out, just in case. > Also, if the drive has a headphone jack, then you should be > able to plug in a set of headphones and hear the CD when you try and > play it in the analog mode. If you don't get sound through the > headphones, then chances are you will not get sound over the cable. > I've used digital in the past, but now I can't get anything at all in digital. When I select 'pay direct' I can hear it on the headphones, but not through the speakers. > I suspect that you were playing the sound using the analog cable, > and not digital audio when using the front panel buttons. That was on hdd, which doesn't have a cable. > When using > the buttons on the drive, you are using the drive electronics to > convert the digital data on the disk, and send the sound the cable > from the drive to the sound card, as well as the headphone jack on > the drive. When you play in the digital mode, you are sending the > information over the IDE cable and using software on the computer to > send it to the sound card. (There is also a digital output on some > drives that works at the same time as the analog cable, but most > people do not have the cable to use it, and only some sound cards > support it.) > It would never have occurred to me to try playing it from there, but David hit the button by mistake, and discovered that it would play. > In XMMS, you have the option of using the CD audio, or digital > extraction. When I use digital audio, I guess I should be using > digital extraction instead. Where's that setting, Mikkel? > This mode reads the digital data from > the CD, and sends it to the sound card the same way you play .wav or > .mp3 files. This mode works even if there isn't an audio cable from > the drive. It also works if the digital to analog converter on the > drive is broken. It may also give better sound quality, depending on > the DtoA converter on the drive, and the sound card. > Anne > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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