Re: [vox-tech] playing an audio CD
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:10:06PM -0800, Norm Matloff wrote: > But I can't seem to get either her Linux machine or > mine to play music from audio CDs, That IS a show-stopper! :^) > On my machine, the CD drive is (auto-)mounted at /media/cdrecorder. > (There is also a DVD player, at /media/cdrom.) I believe hers has the > same mount points, though I don't remember and don't have the machine in > front of me now. Sound works fine on both machines, as verified by use > of other applications. You don't want the disc mounted if you're going to play audio though. (I somehow doubt that's happening, though -- unless the audio CD also contains data, which some do. Check the output of "mount" to make sure, of course!) > On my machine, CD Player seems to be working, in that the slider bar > moves as time passes, but there is no sound. (And movies play fine on > the DVD drive, using mplayer.) IIRC, CD drives are often connected to the sound card via a little cable within the PC itself, so that all the CPU has to do is tell the CD player "Play", and the audio comes in as a Line to the sound card. First off, make sure your systems' mixers are set up so that the CD audio isn't muted, and is up loud enough. (You'd see it in the mixer along with a Mic input, as well as sound output and probably L/R balance and other controls.) > On my daughter's machine, the slider bar > doesn't even move, and an error message comes up. On both machines, the > program provided to copy analog music to digital files on the hard drive > (don't remember the name now) does in fact work, as I verified. Can you tell which application you're using to play CDs? (There's probably a "Help->About" that would tell you and app's official name and version.) (I personally use Kscd under KDE at home.) Can you provide the exact error message? > Does anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this? > > Do I need to create a /dev node? Not if you can rip (as you mentioned above), and if you can mount data CDs (e.g., "mount /media/crom"). Check the contents of /etc/fstab to see what device your system thinks the CD drive is (e.g., "/dev/hdc", "/dev/cdrom0", etc.) Then it might be good to make sure the CD player is looking at the same device node... > And by the way, how do I use mplayer to play audio? The documentation, > using the command-line format "mplayer cdda..." is unclear. That's probably for playing audio data that's been literally ripped off the disc. I don't have player handy in front of me (and have been using Kmplayer and Kaffeine under KDE lately, since they actually have GUI controls and stuff), but I remember for playing a DVD video with Mplayer, you do something like: mplayer dvd:// Perhaps to get it to play audio from a CD you can do: mplayer cd:// Of course, getting a good new-fashioned GUI working with it first is probably a good idea. Mplayer's got more command-line switches than all other Linux command-line tools combined![*] Good luck! [*] For some humorous value of "more" ;^) -- -bill!Tux Paint 2006 wall calendar, [EMAIL PROTECTED]CDROM, bumper sticker & apparel http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ http://www.cafepress.com/newbreedsw ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] playing an audio CD
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:10:06PM -0800, Norm Matloff wrote: > Being as busy as I am, unfortunately almost all of my work with > computers is "serious," e.g. no game playing. :-( > > Now my 14-year-old daughter has suddenly decided she wants to become a > Linux user. Yay! But I can't seem to get either her Linux machine or > mine to play music from audio CDs, something of absolutely prime > importance to her. :-) This is gonna be a dealbreaker for her, so we > risk losing a potential Linux enthusiast. Thus any help you people can > give me would be much appreciated. See if your CD player has a "Direct digital playback" option or similar. This may fix the "silent success" problem. I can tell you how you might get it to work using xmms... The fact that the slider is going but nothing is playing, /might/ indicate that the CD drive's audo output cable isn't plugged into the sound-card's input jack. XMMS lets you deal with this situation gracefully. If you click on the upper-left icon, you will get a menu. Goto Options and select Preferences. On the "Audio I/O Plugins" tab, select "CD Audio Player" and hit the "Configure" button. Make sure that the Device field has the correct device file on it, and use any intuitive path for the Directory field. When you tell XMMS to "Play Directory" on that directory, it will automagically load your Audio CD (if it has been configured correctly). If you're having trouble getting the sound to play (same situation as you're currently seeing in CD Audio Player), select "Digital audio extraction" instead of "Analog". HTH, Micah ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] playing an audio CD
Being as busy as I am, unfortunately almost all of my work with computers is "serious," e.g. no game playing. :-( Now my 14-year-old daughter has suddenly decided she wants to become a Linux user. Yay! But I can't seem to get either her Linux machine or mine to play music from audio CDs, something of absolutely prime importance to her. :-) This is gonna be a dealbreaker for her, so we risk losing a potential Linux enthusiast. Thus any help you people can give me would be much appreciated. Both of our machines are i386 PCs, two or three years old. My own machine is running Fedora Core 3, while hers is running Mandriva 2006 (i.e. Mandrake 10.2). On my machine, the CD drive is (auto-)mounted at /media/cdrecorder. (There is also a DVD player, at /media/cdrom.) I believe hers has the same mount points, though I don't remember and don't have the machine in front of me now. Sound works fine on both machines, as verified by use of other applications. On my machine, CD Player seems to be working, in that the slider bar moves as time passes, but there is no sound. (And movies play fine on the DVD drive, using mplayer.) On my daughter's machine, the slider bar doesn't even move, and an error message comes up. On both machines, the program provided to copy analog music to digital files on the hard drive (don't remember the name now) does in fact work, as I verified. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this? Do I need to create a /dev node? And by the way, how do I use mplayer to play audio? The documentation, using the command-line format "mplayer cdda..." is unclear. Norm ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
