Problems with CD Drive
I am having problems with my CD Drive. What I can do ... Rip from a CD using KAudioCreator. Create a CD from .ogg files that plays in a standard CD player. What I can't do ... Mount a data CD either auto or manually Hear a Audio CD with any of the standard CD Players on SuSE. The CD is seen by KsCD and KsCE appears to recognize the tracks and play them but nothing comes out the speakers. Sound is configured correctly I can play .ogg files using xmcd. Anyone have a clue as to what is going on? john -- ############################################# # John N. Alegre # Andante Systems # Web Hosting # Web Site Development # www.johnalegre.net #############################################
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:59:44 -0500, John N. Alegre wrote
What I can't do ...
Mount a data CD either auto or manually
Do you specify the file system with the '-t' option to mount? Like: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/mymountpoint ?
Hear a Audio CD with any of the standard CD Players on SuSE. The CD is seen by KsCD and KsCE appears to recognize the tracks and play them but nothing comes out the speakers.
Do you have an audio cable connection from your CD to your audio card? In the past I've use xmms with cdread on other distros without an audio cable. _________ Stephen If your desktop gets out of control easily, you probably have too much stuff on it that doesn't need to be there. Donna Smallin, "Unclutter Your Home"
John N. Alegre writes:
I am having problems with my CD Drive.
What I can do ...
Rip from a CD using KAudioCreator. Create a CD from .ogg files that plays in a standard CD player.
What I can't do ...
Mount a data CD either auto or manually Hear a Audio CD with any of the standard CD Players on SuSE. The CD is seen by KsCD and KsCE appears to recognize the tracks and play them but nothing comes out the speakers.
Sound is configured correctly I can play .ogg files using xmcd.
Anyone have a clue as to what is going on?
Check that the "CD" channel of your sound card has its volume turned up (run a better volume control program than KaMix, which shows more controls). If this still doesn't help, your computer probably lacks an analog line connection between the CD drive and the sound card. In that case you have to play in "CDDA" mode. Download the latest xmcd release from http://www.amb.org/xmcd/ Install as instructed. Start xmcd, then, click the "tools" icon on xmcd to open xmcd's options window, click "CDDA playback", then click "Save". This will make xmcd run in CDDA mode each time. If you configure your SuSEplugger to start xmcd automatically on insertion of a CD, you can also make xmcd start play automatically "Tools -> Automated functions -> "On load: autoplay" and "On eject: auto exit", "Save". BTW xmcd doesn't play .ogg files. It can rip CD tracks to .ogg files (as well as other formats), but not play them. -Ti (author of xmcd)
Ti, On Friday 17 September 2004 13:16, Ti Kan wrote:
Check that the "CD" channel of your sound card has its volume turned up (run a better volume control program than KaMix, which shows more controls).
If this still doesn't help, your computer probably lacks an analog line connection between the CD drive and the sound card. In that case you have to play in "CDDA" mode. Download the latest xmcd release from
Install as instructed. Start xmcd, then, click the "tools" icon on xmcd to open xmcd's options window, click "CDDA playback", then click "Save". This will make xmcd run in CDDA mode each time.
If you configure your SuSEplugger to start xmcd automatically on insertion of a CD, you can also make xmcd start play automatically "Tools -> Automated functions -> "On load: autoplay" and "On eject: auto exit", "Save".
BTW xmcd doesn't play .ogg files. It can rip CD tracks to .ogg files (as well as other formats), but not play them.
Thanks. The CDDA playback was disabled on the version of xmcd that came with SuSE 9.1 Pro. I downloaded and installed the new binary and the CDDA playback mode was possible. I can now play CDs using xmcd I have not got the autoplay to work even though I checked it in the options, but this is no big thing. Thanks for your help john -- ############################################# # John N. Alegre # Andante Systems # Web Hosting # Web Site Development # www.johnalegre.net #############################################
On Friday 17 September 2004 12:59 pm, John N. Alegre wrote:
Mount a data CD either auto or manually What does your /etc/fstab look like?
Hear a Audio CD with any of the standard CD Players on SuSE. The CD is seen by KsCD and KsCE appears to recognize the tracks and play them but nothing comes out the speakers.
Sound is configured correctly I can play .ogg files using xmcd.
Anyone have a clue as to what is going on? First place I would look is the audio mixer. Make sure the cd is not muted or the volume is down to zero.
ra -- Old age ain't for Sissies!
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