Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI no sound with cds but gives test sounds fine?!

From: Robert M. Riches Jr (spamtrap42_at_verizon.net)
Date: 11/26/03 

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:32:29 GMT

In article <4feda6e.0311260844.2efdb2d3@posting.google.com>, David wrote:
> I have recently installed RH 9. Have everything working fine
> and am quite happy with it (dual boot to xp pro.).
> Only problem I am currently experiencing is playing music
> cds (works fine in windows). I hear no output of sound though they do
> play and show tracks etc. Volume control has nothing muted. When I run
> soundcard detection I hear the test soundfine. Thanks so much for any
> help!!

Most likely, you don't have the analog audio cable running
from the CD drive to the sound card. Losedows uses digital
extraction to play CDs, while Linux usually uses the analog
cable from the drive to the sound card. There are ways to
do real-time digital extraction on Linux, but I'm not
conversant on the exact method. A search of
google.com/linux or groups.google.com should show the
details from earlier answers. IIRC, it involves piping the
WAV data from cdparanoia (or other extractor) to the 'play'
program.

Good luck.

Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

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