Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 23:24:19 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017597439.016de0@mired.org> Cc: "John M. Fannon" <jfannon@gmotion.com>, Gautham Ganapathy <gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com>, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@video2video.com>, "FreeBSD.org - Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Audio CD without cable Message-ID: <20020326232419.C304@fishballoon.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <15520.46718.771063.761625@guru.mired.org>; from mwm-dated-1017597439.016de0@mired.org on Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 11:57:18AM -0600 References: <014201c1d4a6$bef8a370$1901a8c0@itg.ti.com> <B8C5FD80.E25%jfannon@gmotion.com> <15520.46718.771063.761625@guru.mired.org>
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On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 11:57:18AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > That's not the normal path to *play* a cd. That's the path if you do > what I suggested - esdrec | esdcat). However, the normal path for > playing a CD is through the CDROM's d/a converter, through that - > hopefully shielded - cable, then through the mixer as audio to the > speaker output. I'm pretty sure that the mixer on sound cards mixes > analog signals, not digital ones. Most sound cards these days seem to have digital inputs as well (and most CD/DVD drives have digital audio outputs). It's still an extra cable though. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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