[wellylug] Trouble playing audio CDs

[Jethro Carr]

On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 08:39, Grant McLean wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> When I play audio CDs on my laptop (Acer Aspire 1350) no sound comes 
> out.  
> 
> Sound works OK otherwise - MP3s etc work fine and I've been having fun 
> playing with Festival recently.
> 
> The CD drive works fine too - no problem with data CDs and audio CDs 
> work fine under Windows XP.
> 
> The GNOME cd player app can read CDs and download the appropriate track 
> listings.  Pressing the play button gives no errors but also no sound.  
> The command-line 'cdplay' tool also gives no errors but no sound.
> 
> I have successfully ripped tracks to OGGs and played them but even this
> hardened Linux geek would have to admit that's a roundabout way of 
> doing it.
> 
> Using the GNOME volume control/mixer, I've confirmed that the CD 
> channel is not muted and the volume is not turned down.


What distro are you using?

check that audiofile & esound are installed. These provide sound support
for GNOME.


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