From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 02:35:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0752816A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:35:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (mailrelay.cs.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.40.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05B243FA3 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:35:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bert.lagaisse@cs.kuleuven.ac.be) Received: from dr-zook.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (dr-zook.cs.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.41.20])hALAZln18940; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:35:47 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dr-zook.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Another_good_MTA) with ESMTP id 000F01BB6B; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:35:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from dr-zook.cs.kuleuven.ac.be ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dr-zook [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10583-10; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:35:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from iris.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (imap.cs.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.41.11]) by dr-zook.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Another_good_MTA) with ESMTP id 18B5E1BB69; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:35:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from cs.kuleuven.ac.be (mesh.cs.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.39.127]) hALAZcH16224; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:35:38 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <3FBDEB73.20306@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:39:47 +0100 From: Bert Lagaisse User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rahul Fernandez References: <20031121091448.77662.qmail@web13508.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20031121091448.77662.qmail@web13508.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030314-p2 (Debian) at cs.kuleuven.ac.be cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No sound when playing a CD in FreeBSD 4.9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:35:53 -0000 Rahul Fernandez wrote: > Hi, I have set up my sound card and am able to hear sound through it > when playing mp3 files with xmms. I have the cd plugin for xmms and > have, I believe, correctly configured it. The songs on the cd appear > in the xmms playlist and a song appears to be playing but I hear > nothing. I have checked the mixer levels with aumix and everything > seems fine. I have also tried to play a cd using cdcontrol. Again, > the cd drive appears to be playing but I hear nothing. The cd player > works works fine under linux and windows. If it is relevant, it is a > dvd/cd rom combo drive (Lite-on). If anybody has any insght, it would > be most appreciated! Thanks, Rahul > Maybe a common mistake: Is there an audio cable between the drive and the soundcard ? That is necessary to play cdda. I don't know the exact specs but your cd-drive sends the sound kinda "directly" to your soundcard. So that cable is necessary Greetz -- Bert Lagaisse K.U.Leuven, Dept. computerwetenschappen. Email: bert.lagaisse@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Tel: 016 32 78 24