FC4 no longer plays CDs

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 03 December 2006 15:38, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > For some reason I can no longer get music out of a CD on that box. 
> > System sounds work, so the audio card is OK and speakers are OK, so are
> > the connections.  Xmms shows that the CD is playing but nothing comes
> > out.   I've checked everything in alsamixer.
> >
> > I've disabled the on-board audio and put in a SBLive card, which is
> > detected and playing system sounds.  This is 5.1 card, and it is
> > connected to a 2.1 speaker setup.  Is there something that I can use to
> > tell it so?
> >
> > Any more ideas that I can check out?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Anne
>
> Are you using an audio cable between the CD drive and the sound
> card? Or are using digital audio from the drive?
>
There is a cable from the cd drive, and it is securely attached.  I do have 
cdread enabled in xmms (I think that's the name) instead of cdplayer, and 
that has always done it for me in the past.

>  If you are using an audio cable, check that the CD audio didn't get
> muted in the mixer, and/or try another audio cable. You can also try
> plugging headphones into the jack on the drive, and see if you get
> audio there.
>
I've been through all the mixer settings.  I can't find anything wrong there.

>  If you are using digital audio, make sure an upgrade didn't change
> the settings to the analog audio cable from the drive.
>
This box was using on-board sound, and cd playing worked then.  The trouble is 
that it wasn't used for sound for quite some time, so I'm not sure in what 
order the problems started.

I have two DVD drives - a reader and a writer.  The writer is hdc and has the 
audio cable.  In the past I was able to use hdc with xmms, and oddly enough I 
could play a cd digitally using the front-panel buttons on the dvd-reader.  
At some point it all stopped working, even system sounds.

I installed the SBLive card, and now system sounds work, but I can't get any 
music.

Anne
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