Is there an application that...

[Chris Mohler]

On 3/30/07, David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
> Is there an application or method (e.g., command the drive to "play
> audio") that lets me spin an audio CD in my CDROM drive and listen via
> headphones plugged into the drive's audio jack?
>
> The speaker setup I have plugged into my primary desktop does not
> provide a bypass audio jack.  Unfortunately, this means I need to become
> a hermit and close up my office if I want to listen to tunes while my
> wife watches the tube.  I find the sound quality acceptable using the
> audio jack on the CDROM but I need a way to spin the disk and NOT have
> the sound come out the sound card.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

Possibly a dumb question, but does the CD-ROM have a "play button" on
the device?  IIRC, the ones with headphone jacks usually do.  Also,
check alsamixer for any muted channels (and maybe mute the channels
for the sound card?).

Just a guess,
Chris