Audio CD Problems?

[Nathan Weil]

Romain,
    Thanks!  I did try to search the archive, and looked through the FAQ 
but didn't find anything.  Thanks for your 
help!http://www.thetruthquest.com/

Nathan

Romain Kang wrote:

>Is someone keeping a FAQ somewhere?  Here's what I answered the last
>time this question came 'round:
>
>The iceBook doesn't have an analog connection from the CD drive to
>the mixer device, so traditional CD player programs (of which I
>assume xplaycd is a member) don't work.
>
>Instead, you need a program which reads the CD through the data
>interface and feeds it directly to iceBook's main audio D/A.  The
>usual vehicle for this is xmms plus the xmms-cdread plugin for the
>input side.  xmms-cdread tries to use freedb.org to retrieve CD
>disc and track info, though I sometimes use xmcd to import   
>Gracenote.COM entries.  (Fiddlesticks on their copyright -- before
>they went commercial, I submitted CD entries on the assumption that
>access would be free and open).  The xmms-cdread plugin is on the
>YDL 2.1 install CD; you can also get a newer version from rpmfind.net,
>courtesy of Mandrake's PPC distribution.
>
>On the xmms output side, the eSound output plugin is recommended.
>Others seem to have endian problems (i.e., noise output) or may
>not work at all.
>
>Regards,
>Romain Kang                             Disclaimer: I speak for myself alone,   
>romain@kzsu.stanford.edu                except when indicated otherwise.
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