Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:47:38 +0200 From: "Marco Trillo" <marcotrillo@gmail.com> To: "Andreas Tobler" <andreast-list@fgznet.ch> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apple Screamer Audio: looking for testers Message-ID: <b9c23c9f0810071347x6577507dgc0ff436203f8871@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48EBAF84.2090001@fgznet.ch> References: <b9c23c9f0809300231q15466ea7m668838593ba288be@mail.gmail.com> <48EA1A3D.3010607@fgznet.ch> <b9c23c9f0810060848g4ed97109w11a4379c17816825@mail.gmail.com> <48EA7CD4.7040404@fgznet.ch> <b9c23c9f0810061513w765404bateb4ec2546c321ac8@mail.gmail.com> <48EBAF84.2090001@fgznet.ch>
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Hi, On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Andreas Tobler <andreast-list@fgznet.ch> wrote: >>> Unfortunately, no. Silence. But this might be due to the fact that I do >>> something wrong. >>> I do not have the aifftools, so I simply tried the cdcontrol and there >>> nothing happens, silence. >> >> The 'cdcontrol' utility uses the CD drive itself to play the CD, it >> does not use the system digital audio device -- in fact it does not >> need sound support at all. >> >> To use the system audio device you can use a digital player -- many >> are available from the ports collection, for example "mpg321" for MP3 >> files. To play CDs you can rip the tracks from the CD with a tool such >> as "cdda2wav", "cdparanoia" or others, and then play the digital >> files with an audio player . >> The "aiffopen" utility is an example of such a player which reads AIFF >> files only. > > Thanks for telling me. I'm not used to play with sound on my machines :) Thank you for testing it and for your patience ... > Ok, still building mpg321, was missing qt stuff etc. Hmm... I find odd that mpg321 depends on qt stuff... :-( . > But nevertheless, I tried to play a bit around and I feel I have some basic > issues which do not work. > You say cdcontrol does not need sound support at all, do I expect correctly > that I should get some sound out of my box then? Yes, the CD analog output is connected to the sound device and can be mixed with the normal output -- this also applies to the modem for example. The current driver does not make this mixing configurable yet. However I think you get better results by playing the CD in digital mode using the system's device. Mac OS X for example does this. > Well, I do not get anything out of it right now. I followed the handbook's advices and > cat'ed a file to /dev/dsp, nothing. > Just fyi, I discovered that I have three plugs to plugin headphones, two on the front > side and one at the right side where all other plugs are located. (enet, usb, etc.) > As said it's an imac. > If I plug my headphones in on the right side and cat a 'file' to /dev/dsp I get some > noise. I do not get noise on speaker nor on the other plugs. The port on the right side is a line-out jack for use with an amplifier. Do you get any "Enabled outputs: ___" messages on the console when you plug and unplug the headphones on the left and right front ports? Thanks, Marco.
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