On 28 Mar 2006, at 11:50, Calum Benson wrote: > > On 28 Mar 2006, at 01:09, Brian Cameron wrote: > >> >> 1) Both Totem and Rhythmbox depend on gnome-vfs "cdda:" working >> in order to play CD's. We currently do not build gnome-vfs with >> cdda, and considering that the gnome-vfs configure.in script >> says the following: >> >> [ --enable-cdda Enable cdda module (not recommended)], > > Bummer. This sounds bizarre to me though-- I'd have thought the > CDDA was only needed for accessing the CDDA database to look up > track names on the internet, not for the actual lower-level > business of playing CDs.
Woops, my bad... I was getting my CDDA and my CDDB mixed up, of course :) I see now why CDDA is required for playing CDs. I'd still like to know more about why it's not recommended to build it, though, and whether there's a timeline for when it /will/ be stable enough to use. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
