Suddenly I can't play audio CDs in F11.

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Mon Jul 27 20:14:51 UTC 2009


Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> On 27/07/09 17:20, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> [snip]
>> One thing to check on the applications that play the CD, but do not
>> produce sound is how they are set up to get sound from the CD. I
>> have found that a lot of programs still default to using the analog
>> line from the CD to the sound card, yet most new machines do not
>> have this cable, so you need to reconfigure them to use digital
>> sound over the interface. You then end up suing the PCM  mixer
>> control instead of the CD control to control volume...
> 
> My sound card is an olde AW320 from Aopen. It does use the little cable from
> the CD and the sound is OK on F10. Should I really reconfigure the sound
> card and is it at all possible?
> 
You do not have to reconfigure sound. It may be worth it, depending
on the quality of the DtoA converter in the CD-ROM drive, the DtoA
converter on the sound card. the quality of your speakers, and how
well you hear.

Mikkel
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