From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KBoe4-0005tk-CI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:24:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3799E006D; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:24:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (static-45.wlym.com [216.12.222.45]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EEB8E006D for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:24:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-192.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.192]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5QAO0jZ029765 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:24:01 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m5QANu3J027932 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:23:59 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.13.7/Submit) id m5QANuaC027929; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:23:56 -0400 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <18531.28220.422217.83470@ccs.covici.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:23:56 -0400 From: John covici To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CD ROM does not play audio CD's In-Reply-To: <4863658e.OTLipqNF7KqeDzOH%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <200806252201.01570.uwix@iway.na> <18530.48538.27431.635756@ccs.covici.com> <4863658e.OTLipqNF7KqeDzOH%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-Archives-Salt: 36ba0eae-c840-4799-b28a-029c504df257 X-Archives-Hash: bf65b940a6b71021902e9f4e773b9f53 on Thursday 06/26/2008 Joerg Schilling(Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer= .de) wrote > John covici wrote: >=20 > > > This looks like the two-wire cable between the CD ROM and your=20= > > > soundcard is missing or loose. I'd check this first. If this is= a=20 > > > laptop, it might well be that the connection between the two=20= > > > subsystems was left out intentionally by the manufacturer to sa= ve a=20 > > > couple of cents. Some do that. :-( > > >=20 > > > > I am having the same problem -- but additionally my CDROM has no > > place to even put such a cable -- at least according to the person= who > > actually put the machine together. > > I have not opened up the box to check, but if so, what can I do to= > > play cds=3F >=20 > It is most inlikely that thius is related to this cable.... >=20 > I recommend you to get a recent cdrtools (e.g. from=20 > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/) >=20 > and install cdda2wav suid root. >=20 > Then call: >=20 > cdda2wav -e -N -B=20 >=20 > If everything is OK, then you will be able to listen to the music. > Otherwise you see human readble error messages that point you to the= problem. >=20 > J=F6rg OK, we are now getting somewhere, I did hear sound out of that, now that is interesting, but how does this work -- does it not copy the file or is it playing from the drive=3F I have cdcd and it thinks its playing, bu I hear nothing. Also, I can't get mplayer to do anyting, it thinks the url is wrong or something, so this is more complicated. Thanks much. --=20 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it=3F John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list