Re: CD-ROM only plays mono??
Hwei Sheng TEOH wrote:
>
> I'm using the cdtool package to play audio CD's from my CD-ROM drive. For some
> reason, playing CD's only outputs MONO sound (ie. only to one of my speakers).
> It's not a problem with my speakers since .mp3 and .wav files plays as stereo
> without any problems.
>
> Is this a software problem or is it a hardware problem? Any suggestions will
> be appreciated. Thanx!! My soundcard is an SB16 and I'm using kernel 2.2.12.
I had the same problem with my awe64. I wasn't getting mono, but
actually getting only the right channel, which sounds like your problem,
since mono would still come from both speakers.
To find out, play a cd that has certain parts that pan from one speaker
to the other. I first noticed my problem when listening to a song that
has a part that switched from right to left, and back. What I heard on
my pc was sound to silence, back to sound.
The problem was caused by the fact that the connector that matched my cd
audio cable was NOT a cd audio input. It was an auxilary input, which
had a different pinout. The cd input was had a different connector. I
guess I should have actually read the labels. So I got the right cable
and all was fine.
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