/dev/cdrom question

[Markku Kolkka]

C Toews kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 19. 
maaliskuuta 2005 22:35):
> I know its not a matter of
> a missing cable, since audio plays fine on the Windows side

Wrong assumption, Windows doesn't use the audio cable. It "rips" 
the CD data through the IDE bus even for regular audio playback.

> (I'm running this on a laptop, by the way, for whatever its
> worth.)

You need to use a CD player program that can use the same 
playback method as Windows. There's a CD-DA plugin for xmms.

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 Markku Kolkka
 markku.kolkka at iki.fi