On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 17:16 +1030, Tim wrote: > Aaron Konstam: > >> Now the trouble starts. All the usual CD players claim they cannot > >> find a sound source on the CD. The only one that works so far is > >> grip. > > Paulo Cavalcanti: > > Grip needs a cable connecting the drive to the sound card. > > No, it does not. I've never used Grip in a manner where it rips sound > through the sound card. So, if it *can* do that, it's an optional way > of running it. All my ripping has been done by reading the *data* from > disc, digitally. > > The only thing that I do, here, that makes use of the audio lead from > the drive to the sound card, has been playing a CD using the gnome-cd > player program. > > If you go through the configuration options for Grip, the "rip" > configuration parts give you several options for how to do the ripping. > Aaron, you should post back saying which options it uses that's working. > It may help in resolving the issue. > > -- I don't know what options you are looking for. All I am doing is trying to play the CD. In the multimedia gui I use the following: grip %d gnome-cd --unique --play --device %d Only the first works but both address /dev/sr0 as the incarnation of %d There is something really wrong with sound in f8 at least on my hardware. -- ======================================================================= What will you do if all your problems aren't solved by the time you die? ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
