Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:39:17 -0600 From: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Akenner <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Playing audio CDs Message-ID: <10372cc8af438332a0f3109aaa68289b@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090207231934.d0f0e793.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <498DD2DE.803@comcast.net> <20090207231934.d0f0e793.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Feb 7, 2009, at 4:19 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:28:46 -0500, Akenner > <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> wrote: > > In order to play an audio CD, you can utilize the cdcontrol command > included in the base system: > > % cdcontrol play > > Refer to "man cdcontrol" for further options and eventually how to > specify the CD device (if needed). > > One thing that I don't think I've read but personally encountered. When using cdcontrol, it seems to tell the cd-rom drive to play the disc so it's not really done in software. If the audio cable from the cd-rom drive is not connected to the motherboard you won't get sound. For the vast majority of users this is a non-issue, but it be confusing to figure out.
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