How play CDs without a wire?

lugoteehalt · 04-06-2005, 10:32 AM

Can Debian Potato be configured to play Cds without wire from drive to soundcard?

If so how? Thanks any help.

rose_bud4201 · 04-06-2005, 11:05 AM

You can play CD's, yes, and use them for data storage, but without the wire to the soundcard you won't be able to hear audio.

AFAIK, there isn't yet a radio (or otherwise wireless) setup from a CD-ROM to soundcard.

Deeze · 04-06-2005, 01:43 PM

Wow. You're running Potato? Mind if I ask why? Curious minds want to know

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Moloko · 04-06-2005, 03:15 PM

It's quit functional and has many backports if newer software is needed I guess. I know I'll stick to Sarge on the desktop for the next year

PseudoRandom · 04-07-2005, 01:34 PM

I'm also missing that CD-sound card wire; I wind up ripping music to play it.

oneandoneis2 · 04-07-2005, 02:06 PM

I've got the wires in place, but I still can't get any sound from my CDs, in any distro. Tis most odd.

But having ripped my entired CD collection to Ogg, I don't care enough to do anything about it

liquidtenmilion · 04-07-2005, 06:04 PM

EXCLAMATION POINT!!!

Debian Potato is VERY OLD!!!!

but anyways. you can do it. In xmms(i don't know if debian potato comes with a versionj of xmms new enough) right click and choose preferences. Then click on audio cd and configure. Then just choose digital audio extraction instead of analog.

lugoteehalt · 04-08-2005, 08:28 AM

Thanks liquidtenmilion et al. Shall try that.

Quote:

Originally posted by Deeze
Wow. You're running Potato? Mind if I ask why? Curious minds want to know .

Cause I got very old equipment Pentium 1's, 24MB RAM, and the like. Comfort mysself by saying its ecological.

mipia · 04-10-2005, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by liquidtenmilion
EXCLAMATION POINT!!!

Debian Potato is VERY OLD!!!!

sarge is getting to that point as well, i often wonder what gratification dev's get from 'testing' old software

Brian1 · 04-10-2005, 02:48 PM

Its been awhile since trying but if I remember you can do it as follows. A cut from my setup log.

Linux does have a program that can play a CD by reading the digital data over the IDE bus, it's cdda2wav, included with most Linux distributions.

cdda2wav -D /dev/cdrom -t 1 -eN

will play track 1, if the KDE sound system isn't keeping
/dev/dsp busy. The -eN options cause cdda2wav to echo the data to the soundcard and not write the ridded data to a file.

Brian1
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lugoteehalt · 04-11-2005, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by liquidtenmilion
but anyways. you can do it. In xmms(i don't know if debian potato comes with a versionj of xmms new enough) right click and choose preferences. Then click on audio cd and configure. Then just choose digital audio extraction instead of analog.

Tried it but Potato's version of xmms does not appear to have digital as an option. Thanks anyway.

Thanks Brian1 that sounds promising.

rose_bud4201 · 04-11-2005, 12:16 PM

As perhaps a side note - it might be simpler to just rectify the problem rather than try to find a way to work around it? Most local (i.e. not chain) computer repair places will let you rummage through their extra cable bins for an audio wire if you ask nicely.

If that fails, they're pretty cheap.

kevinatkins · 04-11-2005, 01:04 PM

You can use xine to play your CD's, with digital audio extraction over the ide bus.

Also, from KDE 3.3 onwards, KsCD also supports playing CD's using digital audio extraction.

lugoteehalt · 04-12-2005, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brian1
cdda2wav -D /dev/cdrom -t 1 -eN

will play track 1, if the KDE sound system isn't keeping
/dev/dsp busy. The -eN options cause cdda2wav to echo the data to the soundcard and not write the ridded data to a file.

Tried it got the error below, probably futile but might as well mention it

Code:

debian:/home/lugo# cdda2wav -D /dev/cdrom -t 1 -eN
cdrom device (/dev/cdrom) is not of type generic SCSI. Setting interface to cooked_ioctl.
724992 bytes buffer memory requested, 4 buffers, 75 sectors
#Cdda2wav version 1.8_linux_2.2.15pre19_i686_i686 real time sched. soundcard support
AUDIOtrack pre-emphasis  copy-permitted tracktype channels
      1- 3           no              no     audio    2
Table of Contents: total tracks:3, (total time 10:36.45)
  1.( 5:15.37),  2.( 2:43.43),  3.( 2:35.40),

Table of Contents: starting sectors
  1.(       0),  2.(   23662),  3.(   35930), lead-out(   47595)
CDINDEX discid: _1XEBKJX4eakj.AEqBTeG8c15E4-
CDDB discid: 0x1a027a03
CD-Text: not detected
CD-Extra: not detected
samplefile size will be 55653068 bytes.
recording 315.04933 seconds stereo with 16 bits @ 44100.0 Hz
overlap:min/max/cur, jitter, percent_done:
overlap:min/max/cur, jitter, percent_done:
??/??/??/???????   0%hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: packet command error: error=0x34
ATAPI device hdc:
  Error: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03)
  (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x02, ascq=0x00)
  The failed "Read CD" packet command was:
  "be 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 f8 00 00 "
hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: packet command error: error=0x34
ATAPI device hdc:
  Error: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03)
  (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x02, ascq=0x00)
  The failed "Read CD" packet command was:
  "be 04 00 00 5c 6d 00 00 03 f8 00 00 "
hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: packet command error: error=0x34
ATAPI device hdc:
  Error: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03)
  (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x02, ascq=0x00)
  The failed "Read CD" packet command was:
  "be 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 f8 00 00 "
Child exited with 2
debian:/home/lugo#

Thanks kevinatkins and rose_bud4201 - you're probably right, it's just that new they are a rip off in the shops.