On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 22:19 +0000, Ian Malone wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 10:28 -0800, Joel Gomberg wrote: > >> Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> > >>> Would others agree that you can sound from a CD without a sound cable? > >> Sure. In XMMS, for example, go to preferences -> Audio I/O > >> plugins and press the configure button for the CD Audio > >> Player plugin. Put in the device [for me, /dev/cdrom] and > >> directory [/media/cdrecorder] and select Digital audio > >> extraction under play mode. > >> > > >> > > Something wrong here. In my experience audio CDs are not mounted > > under /media as data CD's are. In fact the mounted CD does not even show > > up in the list produced by the mount command. But the disk icon is still > > on the desktop, > > You're right, I'm not sure why that plugin asks for a (mount?) > directory, it's not the one I use: xmms-cdread (see the thread > 'Re: xmms fc6'). Most players will have the option to both play > over the internal audio connector (not necessarily but usually > an analogue link from the CD drive) and to do digital audio > extraction. As I understand it DAE is not without its problems, > but these don't have much bearing on modern systems. > > -- > imalone Ok, it is now working. How did I fix it. Well I hope no one will claim I am complaining but the fixing method was a little screwy or at least counter-intuitive. I ran the soundcard detection GUI. I asked to play a test sound and heard nothing but I lied to the GUI and said I did. Then I clicked Apply and then OK. I inserted an audio CD and it played. Anyone want to explain this? One thing I should point out is sound had been working when listening to NPR or videos from CNN, etc. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
