> emerge xmms and try to play the cd through that. If thats
> a no-go, try the xmms-cdread plugin (switch via prefrences) and see
if
> that works.
It doesn't work with xmms. I had the plugin emerged and enabled. The
input plugin "Audio CD Reader" (I suppose this is the one) is
configured to "Read Digital CD Audio" (as opposed to "Play Audio CD
Directly") in the "Output" tab of "CD Reader Configuration". What I
don't understand is how one should select the plugin to be used, since
there are others enabled; anyway, I opened xmms's Preferences -> Audio
I/O plugins, selected "Audio CD Reader 0.14a" and "Apply"'ed, and let
the window open while trying to play...
I would guess this is a driver problem, related to the remains of
alsa. I can't clean alsa off the system, short of re-installing
gentoo, which is not really an option.
Did I mention that I'm starting to hate alsa?
(BTW: when playing data read from the CD, how do data go from the CD? Through the 80-pins cable? I don't have a two-pins digital cable from the CD drive to the sound card...)
When playing data, yes, it uses the 80-pin cable. When just not using data mode, it uses smaller audio cable (either two pin digital, or the ~3-4 pin analog)
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