Nick Rout wrote: >On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:11:19 +1300 >Stephen Irons wrote: > > > >>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. > > Oh, I understand that, in some circumstances, digital is better. However, there are 4 ways to manage music under Ubuntu: CD player (to play CDs), Sound Juicer (rip CDs), Music player (playing MP3s, etc) and Nautilus (copy WAV files). I don't want to add another CD player to play CDs the old fashioned way.
Stephen > > >>For extra marks: >> >>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). > > > > It's a C-Media 8738 chipset device from DSE. Seems to work just fine. I have read about the IEC958 controls at the alsa site. Just need to make sure they work... 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. =======================================================================
