PC will not recognize audio CDs

BigVig · 04-07-2009, 10:15 PM

My Debian Sid PC has recently stopped recognizing audio CDs.

I have a DVD drive and a CD-RW. The DVD will recognize and allow me to copy data on DVDs (for example, it will recognize my ETQW install DVD) onto my computer.

Both the DVD and CD-RW recognize when an audio CD is inserted. However, they will not mount the audio CD. Grip will recognize the audio CD and queue up the album title and track list, but it is not able to read the CD.

/etc/fstab

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda4       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda1       /boot           ext2    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda3       /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda2       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /mnt/dvd        auto    noauto,user,exec    0       0
/dev/hdd        /mnt/cdrw       auto    rw,noauto,user,exec     0       0

dmesg

Code:

[    3.500098] hdc: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-114 0117, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
[    4.284092] hdd: LITE-ON LTR-52246S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

When I put an audio CD in either drive I get the following error message when I attempt to open the disc to review its contents (amarok won't recognize it either):

Quote:

"cdda:///dev/hdc" is not a valid location.

Please check the spelling and try again.

I really don't know what this means.

I am using Debian Sid with the 2.6.28-1-amd64 kernel. Gnome 2.22.3.

Any help you could provide would be appreciated. Thanks.

MS3FGX · 04-07-2009, 10:19 PM

Audio CDs cannot be mounted like data discs, you just point the program to the appropriate /dev file for the drive, and it reads the raw data.

If you are having problems ripping CDs, try running the ripper from the command line to see what the specific error message is. Though since you are able to get the CDDB data for the CD, clearly it is able to read at least some of the information off of the disc.

BigVig · 04-08-2009, 08:29 AM

Okay, now I'm even more confused.

I changed the cdrom device settings in grip to /dev/hdd and am able to rip CDs to my hard drive, which is cool. Grip will not encode the ripped .wavs and amarok claims it cannot read the audio cd.

Is there a way to auto-detect my optical media and have the auto-detection write that info to my fstab? I am getting more and more confused. I appreciate being able rip CDs, but I have no idea what I did or did not do correctly to make that happen.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigVig

My Debian Sid PC has recently stopped recognizing audio CDs.

I have a DVD drive and a CD-RW. The DVD will recognize and allow me to copy data on DVDs (for example, it will recognize my ETQW install DVD) onto my computer.

Both the DVD and CD-RW recognize when an audio CD is inserted. However, they will not mount the audio CD. Grip will recognize the audio CD and queue up the album title and track list, but it is not able to read the CD.

/etc/fstab

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda4       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda1       /boot           ext2    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda3       /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
/dev/hda2       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdc        /mnt/dvd        auto    noauto,user,exec    0       0
/dev/hdd        /mnt/cdrw       auto    rw,noauto,user,exec     0       0

dmesg

Code:

[    3.500098] hdc: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-114 0117, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
[    4.284092] hdd: LITE-ON LTR-52246S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

When I put an audio CD in either drive I get the following error message when I attempt to open the disc to review its contents (amarok won't recognize it either):

I really don't know what this means.

I am using Debian Sid with the 2.6.28-1-amd64 kernel. Gnome 2.22.3.

Any help you could provide would be appreciated. Thanks.

j1alu · 04-23-2009, 11:17 AM

for sure i`m not an expert in the audio thing (well: elsewhere its the same :-)); but

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Grip will not encode the ripped .wavs and amarok claims it cannot read the audio cd.

if i wanna encode files to something other than what i got in my abcde-config i just overwrite the config-file from the commandline, e.g.:

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abcde -d /dev/hda -o wav, flac

or, if i just wanna ogg-files from the other device

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abcde -d /dev/hdb -o ogg

while

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wodim --devices

tells me how the device is getting called by the system
(but further editing abcde-config - for cdparanoia, etc- is not exactly what one is calling funny, ripit-config is much better commented. Shouldn`t be a big problem adding further info from the commandline, its all as an example in man abcde).
perhaps its a tiny step forwards to be able playing the files from e.g. amarok; else sorry.
greetings