Re: CD players not working although sound otherwise fine - SOLVED
On 29 Aug 2003, Edward Murrell wrote:
> Try chmod 770 /dev/hdc
> Other than that, try running it as root. One thing you may find useful
> as a side note is the digital CD plugin for XMMS.
>
> apt-get install xmms-cdread
>
> It enables reading of CD's so the digital-analog conversion is done on
> the sound card instead of in the CD drive, and transmitted through that
> EM hellhole that is the inside of a PC.
>
> Regards
> Edward
>
I'd already tried running it as root without success, but your
suggestion of xmms-cdread made xmms work. After further experimentation
and more searches on google I found that cdcd, cccd, and ahcd also work.
So presumably there is some incompatibility in the code for dcd and
cdplay. I have a Via 686B chipset, which seems to have caused some
problems according to one source.
AC
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