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Re: sound on iMac



Nic Ferrier wrote:
> 
> >>> Jonathan Riddell <jr050@jriddell.org> 27-Feb-01 9:59:28 PM >>>
> 
> >If I do insmod dmasound, that lets me do stuff like
> >cat english.au > /dev/audio
> >but I can't play CDs for example.
> 
> The reason you can't play audio CDs is probably because you're using
> CD player software that doesn't handle the iMac's digital audio system.

Beautiful name for the fact that the CD drive isn't connected to audio out via
a mixer like it was in old machines and is in 99% of PCs. :)


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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)    \   Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast   \        XFree86 and DRI project member



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