From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 13 16:25:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1233) id 86D9A1065670; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:25:24 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:25:24 +0000 From: Alexander Best To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20111013162524.GA75476@freebsd.org> References: <4E924B4D.4050801@centurytel.net> <20111010063740.GA23603@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4E92BF3C.8080807@centurytel.net> <20111010104450.GA28895@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4E9616FD.5080404@centurytel.net> <447h49yed0.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <4E9627A6.8000907@centurytel.net> <44vcrtohej.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44vcrtohej.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> Cc: "Michael D. Norwick" Subject: Re: Can't access a music CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:25:24 -0000 On Wed Oct 12 11, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Michael D. Norwick" writes: > > > Thank You for the replies. Got the part about not mounting an audio > > CD. I wasn't trying to. Inserting the disc in the drive brought up > > the error message. Mounting a data CD or DVD acts normally and the > > filesystem on it can be accessed. > > Okay, so what *are* you you using to try to play the CD? > Someone suggested cdcontrol, but these days a lot of > computers don't come with the cable to get analog audio > directly off the drive. That's why the FAQ suggests xmcd, > although it's far from the only option; most of the big > desktop environments come with a CD playing application > that gets the data digitally. For example, I think the > Gnome application is "brasero". i think cdcontrol(1) should be adjusted, so that it supports digital audio CD playback. actually analog audio hasn't really been supported by mainboard manufacturers for > 10 years. i have a board which comes with an audio connector, but attaching a cable to it, which is attached to a dvd drive doesn't work, for whatever reasons. i also believe newer dvd and br sata devices don't even come with an analog connector nowadays. another application which supports digitally playing audio cds is mplayer(1) via 'mplayer cdda:://' or 'mplayer cddb://'. ano ther thought might be to implement an audio cd filesystem, so one could do 'mount -o audiocdfs /dev/cd0 /media/cd' and then all tracks appear as RAW pcm audio files. maybe fuse comes with something like this? cheers. alex