Re: [gentoo-user] App/plugin to play CD?

On Monday 08 May 2006 16:04, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> On 5/8/06, Stefán István <stefi@××××××××××××.hu> wrote:
> > hétfõ 08 május 2006 11.32 dátummal Walter Dnes ezt írta:
> > >   I've been so used to playing mp3 files that I'm lost with real live
> > > audio CDs (not a data CD with mp3 files).  The XMMS docs aren't really
> > > helpful.  Do I need an additional plug-in?  mplayer is worse.
> > > "mplayer /dev/cdrom" tries to play a file by that name.  I emerged
> > > cdplay and "cdplay -c -v" gets the CD spinning and the output indicates
> > > that it is playing, but I get no sound.  I have unmuted the CD player
> > > and set its volume via alsactl.  One additional complication is that
> > > there is no headphone jack near the CD tray, so I assume I have to go
> > > via the soundcard.
> >
> > Has your CD player been connected with your sound card? If not, I think
> > you won't hear any sound.
>
> Stéfan is right, you need an analog audio cable connecting your CD
> drive to your soundcard (or, if your soundcard support it, a digital
> one). Else the drive can't send audio to your speakers.
>

no, he is not.

You don't need the audio-cable to hear music from a cd - just the right 
application ;)

like:
kscd
amarok

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