Why gnome-cd is silient: web gossip

[Derick Centeno]

I have recommended this sometime ago but why not consider using xine
instead of xmms?  I believe xine is more flexible.

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 21:00, Andrew wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 16:15, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
> 
> > Macintoshes (and many newer pcs) do not have an analog
> > audio cable going from the cd drive to the sound card,
> > which is what Gnome CD Player expects.
> 
> Well, mine does have such cable. Its a factory original MATSHITA CR-585
> (alias: ATAPI 24X). Checking the back of the CD drive let me with
> perplexed thoughts as these is two male plugs back there...
>  One is marked as 'Digital Audio' and has two pins: D and G. It is NOT
> plugged... 
>  The other is marked as 'Analog Audio' and has 4 pins: R, G, G and L.
> This one has a cable that connect to a two pins plug on the motherboard
> (!!). 
> 
> > It certainly makes sense, if it's true. In support, the version of
> > xmms-1.2.10-1 that I pulled from 
> > 
> > 	http://www.xmms.org
> > 
> > works on my G4 Silver only only when I select "Digital audio extraction"
> > when configuring "CD Audio Player 1.2.10 [libcdaudio.so]".
> > 
> > Can any one on the list validate this?
> 
> I do. There is audio-cd output only when using 'Digital audio
> extraction'. The other option (analog) give no sound even tho the 'busy'
> light is ON (on the CD drive) and the time is going up in xmms as well
> as the track's position slider... In other words: all seam to work but
> there is no audible output.
> 
> 
> 
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