Re: Audio CDs
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 09:26:16AM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> You don't actually need to mount them to play them; others can talk about
> the benefits of mounting audio cds. But all you need to do to *play* them
> is to run an audio mixer that works with your audio system, and a cd
> player. They read the raw device (generally /dev/cdrom which is a link to
> /dev/sr0), not the mounted filesystem.
[...]
Strictly speaking, the raw device (which could also be something like
/dev/hdc for an ATAPI device) is used to control the CD and read track
information, but the audio is usually taken from an analog output
which connects to some pins on the soundcard via a seperate cable.
Your Pal Dave
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Dave Thayer
Denver, Colorado USA
dave@thayer-boyle.com
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