I want to listen to CDs while using the PC. I start up Gnome CD player
and press play. The music skips and clicks.

¿Que? Yes, my processor is underpowered, but surely it does not have
anything to do with playing CDs once I have pressed play?

Open the mixer. The CD input is muted, while changing the volume of the
WAV input changes the CD volume (between the clicks).

Clearly the audio is going via the IDE interface, through the processor
to the sound card, ignoring the cunning little audio cable that connects
the CD player directly to the appropriate input of the sound card.

Question 1: how do I make Gnome CD player send the audio out of the
analog audio outputs on the CD drive rather than out of the IDE
connector? Or do I need (yet another) way to control my music?


For extra marks:

The CD player has an SPDIF output. The audio card has an SPDIF input for
the CD player as well as the analog CD inputs. There is an SPDIF cable
connecting the two (the SPDIF cable cost $1 from DSE!) It also has SPDIF
inputs and output on the rear panel.

Question 2: how do I make Gnome CD player send the audio out of the
SPDIF output? I think I can get the right settings on the mixer to
enable the SPDIF inputs.

Thanks for the help
Stephen


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