Baslinux mailing list

[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 10 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > On Mon, 9 May 2005, Ken Martwick wrote:
> >
> > > I have recently become aware that newer PC's do not have an audio
> > > cable from the CD drive to the audio board if they were to be
> > > used with Microsnot Win.  Is there a common way to play CD's
> > > under Linux without a cable?
>
> > cdda2wav to rip the CD to one big fifo audio.wav, then 'play'?  On
> > the model of mplayer and play.  I had to use cdda2wav from SW81
> > instead of 71 to get around copy protection.  mplayer can also rip
> > wav files, I think.
>
> Yes, cdda2wav can probably work with a fifo. I would recommend
> cdparanoia (Sindi, did you ever find a version for Slackware?) with
> play:

I think SW71 has a version (not certain) but I did not figure out how to 
use it since I already have cdda2wav working.

> cdparanoia -rqZ "1" - | play -traw -r 44100 -f s -s w -c 2 -
>
> Replace "1" with the track number to listen to.
>
> MPlayer can rip WAV files, and if you either have a new kernel,
> or an i686 PC (plus my older MPlayer binary) you can also play it
> directly. The manpage has a bit to say about this.

I think we have one 'i686'.  The 500MHz is another K6 but the 605MHz is a 
Pentium Pro P6 - will this do?  We got it dead and replaced six capacitors 
and hope the others hold out.  Or there is the overclocked 750 with three 
fans on the cpu and a case fan aimed at it and the power supply fan - will 
playing DVDs generate more heat than usual?  Are 750s ever K6?

 > > I would use cdda2wav or cdparanoia, as they are much 
smaller to > download, and simpler (no options for playing video files).

> > If your CD-ROM drive has a headphone jack and a play button, plug
> > the speakers in there and push the button.  This also gives you
> > volume control with the little wheel.

> If you use workbone to start playback, this will still work. I've
> only ever seen one or two CD drives with a play button on the
90% of our drives faster than 4X have play buttons.  1996-1999.
Two of them even have << and >> buttons to skip between tracks.

> front. When I used Windows, I ran a 3.5mm male-to-male stereo
> cable from the front of the CD drive to line in on the sound card.
> You will need to adjust the Line In or PCM volume controls on your
> sound card, instead of the CD one.

Clever, but could you not simply plug the speakers into the headphone jack 
on the CD player?  And use the hardware vol control?

> David
>
> --
> _______________________________________________
> NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at 
> once.
> http://datingsearch.lycos.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> BasLinux mailing list
> BasLinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/baslinux

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org