Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 January 2002 22:56, you wrote: > > --- Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > WinME does not need the cable to play Audio CD's > > > > > From Win ME onwatds Windows Media PLayer uses the > > > > Yes u are rigth, I tested this > > > > > IDE interface to play CD's. > > > Some cheapskate manufacturers now save themselves > > > 10p by not supplying the > > > cable!! > > > > What a shame ! > > > > > To hear your CD's over the IDE interface try this > > > > > > cdda2wav -D /dev/cdrom -q -e -t1+10 -d0 -N > > > > This gives me error below: > > > > $ cdda2wav -D /dev/cdrom -q -e -t1+10 -d0 -N > > cdrom device (/dev/cdrom) is not of type generic SCSI. > > Setting interface to cooked_ioctl. > > This is normal > > > cdda2wav: Invalid argument. Cannot get mmap for 86016 > > Bytes on /dev/zero. > > This is not normal. It works on my system. Try /dev/scd0 or something. > > > > > However grip is ok to rip it using cdparanoia . The > > Hope thats OK for you. I took a look around the net but did not find a CD > player which uses the IDE interface. Hopefully the authors will get around to > it before too many of these 'cable free' PC's hit the market :-) > > Derek
Try alsaplayer as I believe it to work with the cd using the IDE interface. You can find it on your ML cd, disk 3 of ML 8.1. -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587
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