--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Horror Vacui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:16:01 -0000 > qed479 wrote: > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Bob Kaspar" > You own craputers. > > When playing a CD in your computer, no computing ressources are > involved. The CD drive has an audio output, which is connected to the > preamplifier in the soundcard by means of an audio cable. That is the > case with a normal computer. A craputer however doesn't have an audio > cable installed, because the vendor is trying to cut the costs (the said > audio cable is a worthless piece of junk, by the way - three thin wires > slung together, with cheap flat connectors at each end, worth couple of > cents at most). > > Microsoft is being "helpful" - the "CD player software" supplied with > Windows plays CD's via software by default, which is a very > ressource-consuming task - the CD is ripped and sent via the bus to the > dsp of the soundcard. So even if you have the audio cable installed, > you're wasting ressources by letting your CPU do something that the > hardware in your CD drive and soundcard can do better. > > CD player software in linux won't do this. So install an audio cable, > and listen to CD's properly.
O.K. But I have audio cables hooked from my CD\rw and also from my CDROM drive to the sound card and always have had, so I guess that solution is out the window, please if you can come up with anything else let me know as this is driving me crazy and if I could get this problem solved I probably would find no reason to use WinDoz at all. Thanx for the answer Bob K.> > Cheers > > -- > Horror Vacui > > Registered Linux user #257714 > > Go get yourself... counted: http://counter.li.org/ > - and keep following the GNU. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
