[gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[pat]

Hi,

I've lost possibllity to play audio CD on my Gentoo. I don't play audio CDs very
often, so I have no idea what I've did and why I'm not able to play then. Please
could someone point me to successful solution ??? I've googled but without
success :-(

Thanks

	Pat
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Re: [gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[Richard Fish]

On 10/23/06, pat <pat@xvalheru.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've lost possibllity to play audio CD on my Gentoo. I don't play audio CDs very
> often, so I have no idea what I've did and why I'm not able to play then. Please
> could someone point me to successful solution ??? I've googled but without
> success :-(

So you are using application foo and getting message bar?  The fix is
to do gamma.

Seriously, we need to know what application you are using, and what
error you are getting, or we have to guess at both the problem and the
solution, rather than the normal thing we do which is to just guess at
the solution. ;-)

If you are using a GUI app, try running it from a terminal window to
see if it produces any error messages.

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[pat]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:23:29 -0700, Richard Fish wrote
> On 10/23/06, pat <pat@xvalheru.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've lost possibllity to play audio CD on my Gentoo. I don't play audio
CDs very
> > often, so I have no idea what I've did and why I'm not able to play then.
Please
> > could someone point me to successful solution ??? I've googled but without
> > success :-(
> 
> So you are using application foo and getting message bar?  The fix is
> to do gamma.
> 
> Seriously, we need to know what application you are using, and what
> error you are getting, or we have to guess at both the problem and 
> the solution, rather than the normal thing we do which is to just 
> guess at the solution. ;-)
> 
> If you are using a GUI app, try running it from a terminal window to
> see if it produces any error messages.
> 
> -Richard

Hi Richard,

Sorry, I've try both UI (alsaplayer) and command line (workbone) applications
to play audio CD and the result is the same: "Nothing to play." message.

     Pat

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Re: [gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[Jesús Guerrero]

El Lunes, 23 de Octubre de 2006 22:50, pat escribió:
> Hi,
>
> I've lost possibllity to play audio CD on my Gentoo. I don't play audio CDs
> very often, so I have no idea what I've did and why I'm not able to play
> then. Please could someone point me to successful solution ??? I've googled
> but without success :-(
>
> Thanks
>
> 	Pat

Just a quick note. If you do not have the audiocd cable (4 pins, from the back 
of the drive to your mobo or sound card), some applications will not be 
capable of playing audiocd unless they are capable of doing digital 
extraction, and, even if they can, the cost of cpu will be higher.

If your apps do not give any error message -they just act like they are 
playing, but no sound comes out of the speakers- then your problem is 
probably this one.

Jesús.

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Re: [gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[pat]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:34:16 +0200, Jesús Guerrero wrote
> El Lunes, 23 de Octubre de 2006 22:50, pat escribió:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've lost possibllity to play audio CD on my Gentoo. I don't play audio CDs
> > very often, so I have no idea what I've did and why I'm not able to play
> > then. Please could someone point me to successful solution ??? I've googled
> > but without success :-(
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > 	Pat
> 
> Just a quick note. If you do not have the audiocd cable (4 pins, 
> from the back of the drive to your mobo or sound card), some 
> applications will not be capable of playing audiocd unless they are 
> capable of doing digital extraction, and, even if they can, the cost 
> of cpu will be higher.
> 
> If your apps do not give any error message -they just act like they 
> are playing, but no sound comes out of the speakers- then your 
> problem is probably this one.
> 
> Jesús.
> 

Hi,

I have a notebook and I was able to play audio CDs, it is gone :-( And I have
no idea when it happend :-\

     Pat
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Re: [gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[Richard Fish]

On 10/23/06, pat <pat@xvalheru.org> wrote:
> Sorry, I've try both UI (alsaplayer) and command line (workbone) applications
> to play audio CD and the result is the same: "Nothing to play." message.

A couple of things to double check...assuming you are using udev, make
sure that your CD device nodes are being created under the group
"cdrom":

~ > ls -lL /dev/cd*
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 21 16:34 /dev/cdrom
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 21 16:34 /dev/cdrw

And make sure your user account is a member of the cdrom group:

~ > id | grep cdrom
uid=500(rjf) gid=100(users)
groups=10(wheel),18(audio),20(dialout),80(cdrom),85(usb),100(users),408(scanner),409(graphics),444(vmware),445(plugdev),446(qemu)

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] audio cd problem

[pat]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:37:01 -0700, Richard Fish wrote
> On 10/23/06, pat <pat@xvalheru.org> wrote:
> > Sorry, I've try both UI (alsaplayer) and command line (workbone) applications
> > to play audio CD and the result is the same: "Nothing to play." message.
> 
> A couple of things to double check...assuming you are using udev,
>  make sure that your CD device nodes are being created under the 
> group "cdrom":
> 
> ~ > ls -lL /dev/cd*
> brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 21 16:34 /dev/cdrom
> brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Oct 21 16:34 /dev/cdrw
> 
> And make sure your user account is a member of the cdrom group:
> 
> ~ > id | grep cdrom
> uid=500(rjf) gid=100(users)
> groups=10(wheel),18(audio),20(dialout),80(cdrom),85(usb),100(users)
> ,408(scanner),409(graphics),444(vmware),445(plugdev),446(qemu)
> 
> -Richard

Yes, the user I'm using is member of the cdrom group and the device /dev/cdrom
exists. I'm able to play DVDs, data CDs, but I have problem only with audio CDs.

One of the changes I've did was switch between profiles; from 2005.1 to
current one. Can be this the problem ???

Thanks

     Pat

P.S. The HW is IBM TP43 ... if this help.

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