On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Randy Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 31 Mar > 2008 07:24:56 -0400: > > > > Lindsay Haisley wrote: > >> I may try this, though, since libgnomevfs still complains about not > >> being able to find libcdda.so. I'm not sure what this library does. > > > > I think libcdda is for looking up on a central database the artist/track > > names for CDs. > > Yes. CD-database. There's some politics in the history there for those > interested...
Hmm. Actually, it has little to do with databases. That is CDDB (notice the last letter). CDDA is CD Direct Access. This comes from the fact that there are two ways to play cd's with a computer. The first way is to have your dvd (or cd) player, transform the cd data into sound, and transfer it via a cable to your sound card (or motherboard). This is what the cd channel in your mixer is about. The second way used to be problematic a long time ago, but shouldn't really be so now. It fixes the problem of missing cdplayer-to-soundcard cables. That is, the cd drive reads the digital data from the disc, and this data is then send as pcm data (like a wav file) to the sound card. The job of libcdda is to do that. The culprit here is a wrapper around libcdda to allow gnome systems to see an audio cd as a filesystem (it is not) and also provide easy ripping in the user interface. Paul ps. To rip cd's you always use digital access. Otherwise you couldn't make quality copies. -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net -- [email protected] mailing list
