I'm pretty sure I've read that this is the most common way to listen to audio CD's in linux -- DMA or at least reading the bits directly off the CD. I guess very few linux users listen to CD's on their systems!
ciao, Ben B On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:51:24 -0700 Rodney Mishima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | | At 01:42 PM 6/26/2003 +0000, you wrote: | >Are you sure? I've never seen a Widoze box play music without that | >sound cable. | | I can verify what Mr. O says. In Win, one can activate DMA for the | ATAPI CD-ROM device, use DIgital Audio extraction, and NOT connect the | cable for analog output; playback an Audio CD and get sound on | speakers. | | Can anyone refute the assertion that Linux can NOT do DMA, DIgital | Audio extraction; i.e., playback an Audio CD WITHOUT the analog output | cable connected to the sound card??? | | Rodney | | >Mr O ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: | > > | > >Hmm, Windows will do it, linux won't. No bueno. Anybody play | > >audio CD's on their systems without a sound cable attached to | > >their drives? It isn't neccessary in Windoze since the audio is | > >extracted and played via DMA I believe. I checked and cranked | > >all available volumes in 'aumix' to no avail. I can use Grip to | > >pull the audio and play the .ogg files but I don't have audible | > >audio directly off the CD! Google isn't turning up anything | > >useful either. | > > | > >Me | > | > | >-- | >Bob Crandell | >Assured Computing | | _______________________________________________ | EuG-LUG mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug