Anne Wilson wrote: > 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. > That sounds like ether a bad cable, or mixer setting. >> 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. > That is strange. I am trying to picture how that could work if you do not have a program on the other end of the data stream taking the data from the IDE controller and sending it to the sound card... >> 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? > Option menu, Audio I/O Plugins tab, Input Plugins. Pick ether the CD Audio Player or the AudioCD Reader plugin and click on Configure. In CD Audio Player it is in the Device tab, and in AudioCD Reader in the Output tab called Read Digital CD Audio. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
