[linux-audio-user] No CD audio!

[Daniel James]

> But I was thinking the digital out could be passed directly to the
> sound interface. 

You mean extract the audio through the IDE cable? I tried this, for supposedly 
better sound quality, but I found the increase in noise from the drive 
spinning faster negated any audio quality benefit.

If your onboard sound chipset does not have an analogue CD input, has it got a 
digital audio input? Some CD-ROM drives have a digital audio out connector.
 
Cheers

Daniel