Since the original discussion had strayed from the technical problem of a CDROMs that myself and others cannot use them to play audio to a discussion about the licensing of one software or another, I am forced to fork the thread as I really would like to get my CDROM fully operational.
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Yoav Luft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, it works! > this what I did: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/music $ cdda2wav -e -N -B > cdda2wav: No such file or directory. Cannot open '-1'. Cannot open SCSI > driver. > cdda2wav: For possible targets try 'wodim -scanbus'. Make sure you are > root. > Use the script scan_scsi.linux to find out more. > Probably you did not define your SCSI device. > Set the CDDA_DEVICE environment variable or use the -D option. > You can also define the default device in the Makefile. > For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'. > Then I tried: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/music $ cdda2wav -e -N -B -D /dev/cdrom > with much success. So I guess various programs probably try to play the > wrong device. How do I point them to the correct one? > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Joerg Schilling < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> John covici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > > This looks like the two-wire cable between the CD ROM and your >> > > soundcard is missing or loose. I'd check this first. If this is a >> > > laptop, it might well be that the connection between the two >> > > subsystems was left out intentionally by the manufacturer to save a >> > > couple of cents. Some do that. :-( >> > > >> > >> > I am having the same problem -- but additionally my CDROM has no >> > place to even put such a cable -- at least according to the person who >> > actually put the machine together. >> > I have not opened up the box to check, but if so, what can I do to >> > play cds? >> >> It is most inlikely that thius is related to this cable.... >> >> I recommend you to get a recent cdrtools (e.g. from >> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/) >> >> and install cdda2wav suid root. >> >> Then call: >> >> cdda2wav -e -N -B >> >> If everything is OK, then you will be able to listen to the music. >> Otherwise you see human readble error messages that point you to the >> problem. >> >> Jörg >> >> -- >> EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 >> Berlin >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: >> http://schily.blogspot.com/ >> URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ >> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily >> -- >> gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list >> >> >
