[linux-audio-user] No CD audio!

[Patrick Shirkey]

Daniel James wrote:
>>Can
>>you remember how you went about accessing the signal from the IDE cable?
> 
> 
> With the AudioCD Reader plugin for xmms. If you go to Configure - Output there 
> is the option Read Digital CD Audio. I think some people have had problems 
> with this plugin recently though.
>  
> I reckon the internal digital audio cable is probably the best way to go. I 
> can't think why you would want to play (as opposed to rip) audio through the 
> IDE cable unless you wanted to pass the CD data by the OS for DRM purposes. 
> That's my conspiracy theory, at least...
> 

It can dramatically improve the sound quality you hear as you don't have 
an ad/da conversion.


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Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! 
We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything 
I've ever done.

Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002
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