[linux-audio-user] No CD audio!

[John Bleichert]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] No CD audio!
> 
> 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.
> 

Also, some of us do not have (digital or analog) cd-audio headers on our 
soundcards and motherboards. The XMMS plugin works fine for me.

JB


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