on 15/01/2012 00:17 Doug Barton said the following: > On 01/14/2012 13:25, Steve Kargl wrote: >> Remove dvd insert music cd in drive, 'cdcontrol play'. The >> drive is reading the cd and 'cdcontrol status' indicates >> that it is playing. No sound. > > The way that this was explained to me (and I'm certainly no expert) is > that in the ATA-CAM world the only way the access method used by > cdcontrol will be able to play the music is if there is a direct (wired) > connection from the cd player to the sound card, like we had back in the > 80's. :) Other tools (such as vlc, mplayer, etc.) use the cdda:// > method of access, which does not rely on the wire. > > (As I understand it) this also explains why dvds work, but cds don't.
Just a note: this has nothing to do with ATA-CAM. It has always been the case for cdcontrol play. -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
