On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:11:19 +1300 Stephen Irons wrote: > 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?
In fact the digital way is often seen as more desirable as the music is able to be ripped digitally. How you fix it I do not know. > > > 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. > What is the sound card? The answer may differ depending on the card. go to the alsa-prject souncard matrix and the settings should be detailed there. in the mixer is there an IEC958 control in the mixer? (IEC958 is the techo name for SPDIF). > Thanks for the help > Stephen > > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
