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

[Daniel da Veiga]

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.

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