From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 1:14:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from go4.ext.ti.com (dlezb.ext.ti.com [192.91.75.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D57C37B41A for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 01:14:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from dlep8.itg.ti.com ([157.170.134.88]) by go4.ext.ti.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2Q9EIc06040; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 03:14:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from dlep8.itg.ti.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dlep8.itg.ti.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA23183; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 03:14:18 -0600 (CST) Received: from popsvr.india.ti.com (popsvr.india.ti.com [157.87.95.215]) by dlep8.itg.ti.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA23161; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 03:14:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from gautham ([192.168.185.126]) by popsvr.india.ti.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA03775; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:44:13 +0530 (IST) Message-ID: <014201c1d4a6$bef8a370$1901a8c0@itg.ti.com> From: "Gautham Ganapathy" To: "Peter Leftwich" Cc: "FreeBSD.org - Questions" References: <20020326011313.U7437-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Subject: Re: Audio CD without cable Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:44:45 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG the problem is that there is no actual cable. the only connection between the sound card and the cdrom is through the motherboard. soundcard to m/b through the PCI slot and m/b to cdrom through the ide connector. i am not sure exactly how it is done, unless windows is somehow reading the bits on the audio cd and sending it to the soundcard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Leftwich" To: "Gautham Ganapathy" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:44 AM Subject: Re: Audio CD without cable > On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Gautham Ganapathy wrote: > > Hi - How can I play audio cds without having the cable that connects the cd-drive to the sound card ? I am able to do this using Windows Media Player in Windows by using an option called Digital Audio. I'd like to know how i can do this in FreeBSD. > > Regards > > Gautham > > When I installed a second CD drive (a CDRW) recently, I had to spring a > lousy $5 bucks or so for that audio cable, but I hear the digital cable > method is the *best* especially for DVDs and true sound... > > I would guess `man pcm` might lead you on the right path. Also try > enabling the proper module (change NO to YES) in /boot/loader.conf > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message