audio cd

[JB]

I got the problem fixed, audio cd's sound great thru
the sound system. The cable out of the cd didn't seem
plugged in all the way but I don't think that was the
problem. I had the other end plugged into the mother
board so I tried it on the sound card pins and that
didn't work so there was another set of 4 pins so I
hooked it up there and wala! I think I even got the
right and left channel right on the first try. The
connector has a clip and the only place to clip it to
was on the system board so that is where I put it. The
4 pins on the sound card are free standing without any
key or clip so it could be put on either way, right or
left and there are no markings on the board or info in
the dinkey sound card manual which tell you which way
to put the connector on. Plus there are 3 places to
plug it into, on the sound card and a couple on the
mother board.
Thanks everyone for all your help, without it I
wouldn't have narrowed down the problem as fast.
JB

--- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK Two different type of CD's.
> 
> Audio CDs are not really Data CDs well not to the
> OS.  When you rip the audio
> track and convert it wav or any other format you are
> taking a straight audio
> stream (analog(OK OK not truly Analog like a tape or
> record but good enough for
> this explanation) and converting it to a digital
> compressed data file <-- very
> simple explanation.  So when you stick in a cd of
> wav's or mp3's your OS says
> "Hmm this is data what do I usually use for this
> type of data?"
> 
> Audio is different, you do not mount Audio (no real
> data files just audio
> tracks), Most Linux Dists will have a CDPLayer or or
> some very simple CDApp
> depending on desktop environment.  Just put the CD
> in and press play on the CD
> Player of choice.  -- NOw if I remember correctly
> the Audio stream goes
> straight to the sound card via the little cable that
> attaches the two , that's
> why pure audio cds don't get interrupted by lots of
> CPU activity and the like.
> 
> Hope I explained that right, a pure audiophile is
> probably cringing but maybe
> it makes some sense.
> 
> JJN
> 
> --- JB <mesimpleton at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I put the cd in and nothing happens, any other
> data cd
> > automounts and konqueror opens. If I try to mount
> it,
> > I get wrong fs type error. Everything else works,
> > burning cd's, copying files,rpm's etc. I can mount
> the
> > cd I burned with all the ripped tracks and play
> them
> > no problem. Sounds like I must have something not
> > quite right, I'll have to do some more searching,
> I
> > think I remember something about RH not supporting
> > something to do with cd's, I think there was a fix
> but
> > I can't recall if it was audio cd support? Is xmms
> > what I need or is that just an mp3 thing? I
> downloaded
> > and installed xmms but I haven't really looked
> into
> > how to use it yet.
> > Thanks
> > JB
> > 
> > 
> > --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> > > You should have no problem just putting a cd in
> and
> > > playing, your not
> > > trying to mount the cd are you? 
> > > On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 23:32, JB wrote:
> > > 
> > > > My wife wanted to listen to her audio cd and I
> > > > couldn't figure out why the CD drive kept
> giving
> > > me
> > > > wrong fs type so I was searching a bit and
> what
> > > little
> > > > info I came up with is, tracks have to be
> > > converted to
> > > > .wav format. Is there a fix so I can play a
> > > regular
> > > > audio cd, I hate to say this, like on my
> windows
> > > box?
> > > > I did find and rpm called dagrab which works
> fine
> > > > reading the audio cd and rips them into .wav
> > > format.
> > > > They play fine as .wav on my HD so I'm sure
> > > burning
> > > > the ripped .wav's to a cd will work too. If
> anyone
> > > has
> > > > a fix or has more info I would appreciate it.
> If
> > > > anyone is interested in dagrab, it works like
> a
> > > charm.
> > > > I would just rather slap a regular store
> bought
> > > audio
> > > > cd in and start listening instead of ripping
> and
> > > > burning .wav tracks.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > JB
> > > > http://web.tiscali.it/marcellou/dagrab.html
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > > 
> > 
> 
> 
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