Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:56:23 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio CD problem on laptop VGN-SZ61MN Message-ID: <e71790db0808090756j7e526d2ch5f5e31afdbd8bea4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080809140339.GA1522@sirius.local.net> References: <20080808081330.GA1203@sirius.local.net> <e71790db0808081717w219ccd77p2e2d9c3223080194@mail.gmail.com> <20080809140339.GA1522@sirius.local.net>
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On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:17:40PM -0300, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote: > >> > acd0: DVDR <MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-852S/1.01> at ata0-master UDMA33 >> > acd0: FAILURE - INQUIRY ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 >> > acd0: FAILURE - INQUIRY ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 >> > cd0 at ata0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 >> > cd0: <MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-852S 1.01> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device >> > cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers >> > cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present > >> Same result on my notebook (HP nx6320) and this is not a surprise. The >> "mixer" command does not show a "cd" input, meaning that there is no >> input port for the analog audio output of the CD drive (if any). The >> "status audio" arguments instructs cdcontrol to inquire the drive, not >> the audio device. >> >> NetBSD's "cdplay" supports digital transfer mode since version 4.0. >> Perhaps this feature could be implemented on cdcontrol. > > Yes, that explains what happens on my notebook and corresponds to > what the Handbook says: > If all goes well, you should now have a functioning sound card. If your > CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive's audio-out pins are properly connected to your > sound card, you can put a CD in the drive and play it with > cdcontrol(1): > % cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 play 1 > > Indeed, both the 'mixer' command and the (much more comfortable) 'rexima' > port show only 5 mixer devices: > Mixer vol is currently set to 12:12 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 30:30 > Mixer speaker is currently set to 8:8 > Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 > > There is no 'cd' mixer device, and the only mixer device file on > this notebook is '/dev/mixer0'. > > But this does not explain why mplayer, in contrast with vlc, refuses > to play the CD, does it ? No, doesn't. On my notebook I'm able to play audio CDs with mplayer using either your command syntax, "mplayer cdda://1//dev/acd0" and with the simpler one "mplayer cdda://1". The audio is bad, however (has periodic interruptions). This is certainly a problem in mplayer since GXine works fine. > What is the meaning and reason of the above FAILURE lines ? > 2 identical lines with the GENERIC kernel, > 1 single line, if I add 'device atapicam'. I doubt atapican has something to do with your problem but you can check this by booting with GENERIC and issue "kldload atapicam" later. I did it here and had no additional problem with mplayer besides the bumpy audio output. I guess your problem is in the CD drive. I suggest you to do three things: 1. Try to insert the CD and wait until it stops pinning before starting mplayer. Some drives are a bit lazy on media recognition. 2. Run "truss mplayer ..." and look for error messages. 3. Attempt to use a different player. Xine and/or one of its alternate front-ends like GXine or Kaffeine are good choices. -- If you think things can't get worse it's probably only because you lack sufficient imagination.
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