[wellylug] Trouble playing audio CDs

[Grant McLean]

On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 08:46, Wayne Koorts wrote:
> > Using the GNOME volume control/mixer, I've confirmed that the CD 
> > channel is not muted and the volume is not turned down.
> 
> Hmm, sounds like a classic case of the 'disconnected audio cable'. 

Except it wouldn't work in Windows would it?  Unless Windows is playing
them digitally - I'm not sure how I would tell though.

> On desktop PC's the people that assemble the PC sometimes forget to connect 
> the analog audio cable from the CD ROM drive to the sound card (MBoard 
> if onboard).  I don't know how this applies to laptops, but just in case 
> it _is_ the problem, here is something you can try (I'm not in my Linux 
> boot at the moment so my exact menu items etc. may be wrong):
> 
> - Load XMMS
> - Go to preferences -> plugin preferences
> - Go to properties of cd audio plugin
> - Set audio type to 'digital audio extraction' instead of 'analog'
> - Mount a music cd

How does one 'mount' an audio CD?  'mount /cdrom' fails because the
audio CD doesn't have an iso9660 filesystem on it.

> - Still in the cd audio plugin preferences, choose 'check drive' button
> - If it's happy, then go to your playlist -> add directory and add 
> '/mnt/cdrom' (or whatever your cd mount point is)
> 
> If you now hear sound, then it means your audio cable is not connected.

If I can mount the CD then I'll give this a try - it has to be better
than ripping everything :-)

Cheers
Grant