CDs in Amarok

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 16 February 2009 13:47:18 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2009 12:14:33 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 16 February 2009 08:57:30 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > On Monday 16 February 2009 10:22:45 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Monday 16 February 2009 08:05:16 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > > On Monday 16 February 2009 09:47:43 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > > On Monday 16 February 2009 06:31:11 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sunday 15 February 2009 23:07:32 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Sunday 15 February 2009 20:47:08 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> > > > > > > > > OK... This is weird. Seems that I'm having trouble playing
> > > > > > > > > CDs altoghether.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > First off. Kaffeine is still a KDE 3.x app. So I've tried
> > > > > > > > > vlc and kplayer. They both work but CD playback starts and
> > > > > > > > > stop whenever I do anything on my computer. Sound file
> > > > > > > > > playback is nice and smooth (ie mp3 ogg etc). Could any
> > > > > > > > > body confirm this behavior.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > No.  I don't have kplayer.  Vlc is stuttery and horrible. 
> > > > > > > > Kscd worked perfectly, as did DragonPlayer, which I think is
> > > > > > > > the recommended simple CD player.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Anne
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hmmmm... Filing a bug report. KsCD does not seem to see my CDs
> > > > > > > at all and KPlayer playback starts and stops. I'm using the
> > > > > > > phonon-xine backend. But when I playback CD directly from Xine
> > > > > > > I have absolutely no problem.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > at bugs.kde.org
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >   https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184494
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > And notified the Fedora team at bugzilla.redhat.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485671
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Strange - kscd worked for me without doing anything - in fact I
> > > > > > couldn't even see any link to configurations.  I simply hit play
> > > > > > and it did.  How do you know which backend is being used?  I'll
> > > > > > check if you point me to it
> > > > >
> > > > > There are two things that should be checked.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) System Settings -> General -> Multimedia -> Backend
> > > > >    Xine is the backend on the top of the list.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) System Settings -> Audio CDs -> Specify CD Device
> > > > >    To enter the correct CD device.
> > > >
> > > > I have both xine and gstreamer installed, but xine is top of the
> > > > list, so presumably that's what is being used by kscd.
> > > >
> > > > If you can think of any tests to see why mine works and yours
> > > > doesn't, please tell me.
>
> Crap!!! Sometimes I miss what's written right infront of face. I checked
> for the thin cable as indicated by Kevin. Doh. It wasn't there. I just
> connected one and KsCD works like a charm.
>
> Truly sorry about this one.
>
Since this is a netbook I never considered that as an issue.  Have you seen 
Martin Kho's reply?  He doesn't say where he enabled digital playback, but 
that could be worth following up?  Or are you going to stick with it, now you 
have it working in analogue ?

Anne
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