Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:36:56 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Feldman <protozoa@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us> To: vijay <vijay@IPRG.nokia.com> Cc: Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: newbie - Audio CD question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101291131150.53649-100000@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us> In-Reply-To: <3A75B59F.90F23688@iprg.nokia.com>
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There are two ways to play CDs. YOu can either tell the CD player to start playing and have it do all the work, or actually read the CD in software, interpret it, and send it to the speakers. The hardware method is nice because it uses no CPU power and the audio control buttons on the fron tof the drive work, but you usually need a special audio cable connecting the CD player and sound card (unless you intend to play through headphones). There are tons of free programs that can play CDs this way, just cd to /usr/ports and type make search key=cd. Using the all-software method is more complicated, bbut it lets you save portions of the audio to a file, do software mixing, etc. But it can take up quite a bit of CPU time on slower systems. A lot of audio-recording programs and audio-editing programs use this method to play CDs. I know of a few good programs like this for Linux but I haven't tried them on FreeBSD, and I'm pretty sure they're not in the ports tree. Anyone else want to clarify? -- Dan Feldman On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, vijay wrote: > Hi, I am new to FreeBSD. I wanted to know if I can play audio > CDs on "my" system. I have culled the following information from > dmesg > > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <FUJITSU MPC3064AT> > wd0: 6187MB (12672450 sectors), 13410 cyls, 15 heads, 63 S/T, > 512 B/S > wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6402B/1008>, removable, > accel, dma, iordis > acd0: drive speed 5512KB/sec, 256KB cache > acd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA > acd0: Audio: play, 16 volume levels > acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray > acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, unlocked > > I also looked at the freebsd/ports collection under audio and > found a lot of packages but I am not sure if they will work for > "my" system. How can I find that ou? Which of these packages > would be the best if I can do it? Also, would I need to change > the kernel configuration and do a kernel recompile? > > TIA > v. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" 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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