CD Audio

[Baranohell]

I'm running RH 7.2 and I have a SbLive! value soundcard...wav files play fine but cd audio doesn't play at all...any suggestions? thanks in advance

[Holdstrong]

cd does have its own audio control... it is possible that the wav volume is turned up but the cd volume is turned all the way down. with my default red hat 7.2 install i could barely hear cd's - use the audio mixer and adjust volume as needed

[bugfix]

Sheesh....how many times do I have to answer this question??? :rolleyes:

In Linux, you need a cable, internal to the case, running directly from your cd-rom drive to the sound card. Its a thin 2-core wire that any half-competent system builder (by that I mean NOT Dell) would use. They come free with every sound card and, I think, every cd-drive. Windows doesn't need this because it compensates by software but there's a CPU overhead and a quality hit.

I'm tired of answering this question, can we have a different one, please? :D

[Baranohell]

lol, sorry about having to answer that question so often..but I'm not a complete moron, I built the machine and the cable is there. Also, I have maxed ALL volume settings (including CD Audio). Thanks again for the help

[mrBen]

Are you dual booting? I've noticed that making changes to volumes in Windows also seems to affect the amount of volume available in Linux (or I could be wrong ;) ). Just a thought.

BTW - which DE are you running? Have you tried playing CDs with only the console running? (Poss KDE sound thingy conflict)

[klrmar]

Hey Bugfix, lighten up. If you don't want to reply to the question go on to one that gives you more of a challenge. klrmar ;)

[bugfix]

I was trying to be sarcastic but because things have wound me up today it may have come out wrong. Er,...sorry. :D

Anyway, I can't think of anything else except the mixer levels or something muted.

I'm now going to crawl silently away and kick something, possibly something immovable and heavy in order to vent frustruation and save other newb's from my anger/boredom.

[ 16 April 2002: Message edited by: bugfix ]

[klrmar]

Bugfix, I guess perhaps I owe you an apology. Sorry. klrmar :)

[bugfix]

Its ok, I think you had a point; I may have come across a little impatient.

[czgu]

I had same problem. I use RH 7.2 (installed everything).When I sstted SB16, I could play rm, mp3 files, but CD. I read a lot of HOWTOs and followed all suggestions. It just didn't work! Finally I found that if I disabled sb, only use ad1848, which I think is wss. I could play mp3.... and CD audios. One day my system went wrong forced me to re-installed RH7.2. I only installed default selections, and sb, wss all enabled without any problem. I can play CD and audio files. So in my case, I think installing everything may screw things up.