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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CD ROM does not play audio CD's
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:32:52
Message-Id: 20080701110228.GC21556@nibiru.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] CD ROM does not play audio CD's by Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling)
1 * Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
2
3 > and install cdda2wav suid root.
4
5 Giving the user full access to the cdrom device isnt't enough ?
6 Actually, I really dislike to whole idea of suid root.
7
8 > Then call:
9 >
10 > cdda2wav -e -N -B
11 >
12 > If everything is OK, then you will be able to listen to the music.
13
14 cdd2wav is directly writing to the audio device ?
15 IMHO not good idea: you're bound to the devices cdda2wav supports,
16 requires it to be ported to each single audio interface you want
17 to use (not just platform specifics, but also things like audio
18 servers, clients which want non-standard config, ... ):(
19
20 I'd prefer using a pipe.
21
22
23 cu
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26 Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/
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28 Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
29 http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
30 Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
31 http://patches.metux.de/
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Re: [gentoo-user] CD ROM does not play audio CD's Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling)