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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Still can't play audio CD's
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:30:09
Message-Id: 8cd1ed20707250024h4b9fad7bu1adf77d0862abfc4@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Still can't play audio CD's by Colleen Beamer
1 On 7/25/07, Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Steve Dommett wrote:
3 > > Colleen Beamer wrote:
4 > >> If anyone can provide me with direction, I would sure appreciate it.
5 > >>
6 > > Sorry I can't help you with your ALSA config. I've been stuck for
7 > > months now trying to enable SPDIF-out on my own laptop. However:
8 > > I notice from your first post on this topic that you're trying to play
9 > > audio CDs with kscd. You've already stated that music already ripped
10 > > from CD plays just fine.
11 > > Have you tried enabling Configure kscd -> CD Player -> CD-ROM Device:
12 > > Use direct digital playback ?
13 > > This option tells kscd to rip the CD on-the-fly and playback using the
14 > > standard PCM output on the sound card, rather than relying on the CD
15 > > audio lead and mixer settings which seem to be causing you so much
16 > > trouble.
17 >
18 > Got all excited here, 'cause I hadn't done as you suggested and thought
19 > that it might solve the problem. However, when I selected direct
20 > digital playback, the CD appears to be playing - i.e. the "Play" button
21 > changes to "Pause", but the timer that advances as the track plays
22 > remains at 0:00 and I still get no sound. With 'direct digital
23 > playback' *not* selected, I get no sound, but the timer advances as the
24 > track plays.
25 >
26 > Regards,
27 >
28 > Colleen
29 > --
30 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
31 >
32 >
33
34 Does your CDROM drive have a dedicated headphone socket?, if so, plug
35 it in and see if you get any sound.
36 My personal suggestion : ditch kscd. My cd player/sound system works
37 fine, and kscd just thrashes doing the exact same thing you did ( I
38 removed my audio cable to ensure proper digital extraction... it just
39 didn't play ball ).
40
41 if you have mplayer, try this:
42
43 mplayer cdda:// -cdrom-device /dev/hdWHATEVER
44 or
45 mplayer cddb:// -cdrom-device /dev/hdWHATEVER
46
47 if you dont have that, and have/want to use xine instead,
48 make sure setup/media->audio_cd.device is set and you should be away
49 laughing as soon as you hit that big 'cd button' on the UI or playlist
50 ( i had a bit of delay... not sure why, but it worked )
51
52 Amarok should also be able to play CD's digitally via Xine ( tested
53 here to work )
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60 --
61 Kent
62 ruby -e '[1, 2, 4, 7, 0, 9, 5, 8, 3, 10, 11, 6, 12, 13].each{|x|
63 print "enNOSPicAMreil kdrtf@×××.com"[(2*x)..(2*x+1)]}'
64 --
65 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

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