Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:54:43 -0800 From: Robert Clark <Clark@open.org> To: Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Audio CD's won't play through the sound card. Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990116145443.007b12e0@opengovt.open.org> In-Reply-To: <19990116110714.16523.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> References: <Pine.A41.4.05.9901151422370.34788-100000@goodall2.u.washington.edu> <Pine.A41.4.05.9901151422370.34788-100000@goodall2.u.washington.edu>
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One channel is getting audio + ground. The other channel is getting ground + ground. Incorrect patch cable for your drive. If you are into hardware, a little delicate surgery can usually move the pins around in the cable's connector. A thin edged tool, a brightly lit surface, and a few seconds work is all it takes. In the even it doesn't help, the changes are reversible. Just make a sketch of the pin layout before you start. (Just a guess.) [RC] At 09:07 PM 1/16/99 +1000, Greg Black wrote: >> > I have recently recompiled my kernel with support for my sound card (sb16). >> > It seems to work (at least I was able to hear the little .au file that >> > I redirected to /dev/audio), but I still can't get the CDs to play >> > through the sound card. >> >> There is a separate cable used to connect your CD drive to your sound card >> for this purpose. I've seen several machines where the cable was missing. >> It's a thin, round, black or grey cable about the size of a mouse's. I'll >> bet yours is missing. > >My problem is slightly different -- the CDs play fine if I plug >the speaker cable into the jack on the front of the CD drive, >but if I plug it into the SB, I get mono sound from one speaker >only -- this happens on several sound cards, so it's not a >faulty card. Any ideas? > >-- >Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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