From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 19:50:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4018716A5EF for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:50:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2ADC43D2D for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:50:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50])2004))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:50:04 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I7100F665RG7OI0@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:50:04 -0700 (MST) Received: from procyon.nekulturny.org (S0106000c41b2b9a3.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.45.143]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I710062E5RGUJ@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:50:04 -0700 (MST) Received: from procyon.nekulturny.org (localhost.nekulturny.org [127.0.0.1]) iABJo3SD001090; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:50:03 -0700 (MST envelope-from flowers@nekulturny.org) Received: (from flowers@localhost) by procyon.nekulturny.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id iABJnvtJ001086; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:49:57 -0700 (MST envelope-from flowers) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:49:57 -0700 From: Danny MacMillan In-reply-to: <41938BC6.7030603@ec.rr.com> To: jason Message-id: <20041111194957.GA874@procyon.nekulturny.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <4192D583.6070004@ec.rr.com> <20041111063414.62554.qmail@web41711.mail.yahoo.com> <20041111072231.GB616@procyon.nekulturny.org> <41938BC6.7030603@ec.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: eodyna Subject: Re: problems with sound :[ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:50:44 -0000 On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 08:56:54AM -0700, jason wrote: > Danny MacMillan wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:34:14PM -0700, eodyna wrote: > > >hi everyone, > > > > > >I can play mp3's :) but i cant seam to be able to play > > >cd's. > > > > > >any ideas? > > > > > >thanks again. > > > > It seems likely that the tiny analog or digital cable > > between your sound card and your CD-ROM drive is not > > connected. > > My cds play just fine without that cable. There are two ways sound gets from the CD to the sound card. It can go directly from the CD to the sound card through the analog or digital cable connecting the two. Or it can be read from the CD as data via the IDE interface and channeled to the sound card through the system bus in the same way as MP3s or any other digital sound information. How the sound actually travels is a function of what application is used to play the sound. The former is a more efficient use of system resources. Since the original poster can play MP3s but not CDs, there are two probable candidates for failure. The first and most likely is that the CD-ROM and sound card are not connected by that little cable, and that the original poster is using an application that just tells the CD-ROM drive to start playing instead of actually reading the music from the CD. The other and less likely is that the CD-ROM is not able to read the CD at all. -- Danny