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Old 08-10-2003, 12:00 PM   #1
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No sound from CD player

gnome-cd plays the CD but no sound! (Red Hat 8)
Sound card is Ensoniq 5880 Audio PCI, module is es1371
I get test sound from "Sound Detection" tool; also Windows media Player under Win4Lin plays streaming audio (but Windows CD player thinks no CD is loaded)
Any help appreciated (Linux newbie)
 
Old 08-10-2003, 12:10 PM   #2
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you do have the audio cable between your CDrom and sound card connected right?
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Old 08-10-2003, 12:38 PM   #3
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Er - no, I don't have a cable :-) Only cable I have is from sound card to speakers
Is that a requirement? Windows CD player didn't need a cable between CD drive and sound card.
 
Old 08-10-2003, 12:54 PM   #4
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as far as I know anytime you want to play music cds you need that cable. Most computer stores have them for around 50 cents.
 
Old 08-10-2003, 04:22 PM   #5
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OK that works! many thanks for your help.
I'm still puzzled why I need that cable - wonder why the CD player doesn't read the data from the CD then send it to the sound card?
 
Old 08-10-2003, 04:42 PM   #6
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I think they originally designed sound to go directly from the cdrom to the sound card so its one less thing the processor has to worry about.
 
  


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