Suddenly I can't play audio CDs in F11.

[Paul Erickson]

On 07/28/2009 07:37 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 20:25 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
>    
>> On Monday 27 July 2009 16:09:25 Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>>      
>>>>> I don't use Rythmbox, so I didn't try it. I am not even sure how to
>>>>> play a CD using it.
>>>>>            
>>>> I tried some of those applications. grip played the CD but no sound was
>>>> heard.
>>>> Audio Extractor produced sound for a while then the sound disappeared
>>>> although he playing continued.
>>>>
>>>> Rhythembox would not play the CD.
>>>>
>>>> So all is still not well.
>>>>          
>>> Same here, gxine would play the CD but no sound (due to the pulseaudio -
>>> alsa problem)
>>>        
>> I don't use gnome, so this may be of no use at all, but assuming that what I
>> do in kde must have an equivalence in gnome, here are my comments.
>>
>> Some applications use xine-backend and some use gstreamer-backend.  See if you
>> can find the configuration tool to switch them, then experiment.  Similarly,
>> when I look at the multimedia page in systemsettings I see a list of possible
>> outputs for each type of input.  Experiment with those, if you can find them.
>> I found it well worth moving some around, making sure that either PA or an
>> output seen to work (test button) is at the top of the list.
>>
>> Vague, but HTH
>>
>> Anne
>>      
> Let us be clear. The complaints about CDs not playing were in gnome but:
> audio CDs do not play in KDE either on the same machines and:
> All was well until the July updates. It is the updates that broke the
> system. In order to get yuutube, hulu, etc to work I had to remove
> alsa-pulseaudio rpm, which had been updates in early July. But this did
> not cure the audio CD problem.
> --
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> Here I am in the POSTERIOR OLFACTORY LOBULE but I don't see CARL SAGAN
> anywhere!!
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> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam at sbcglobal.net
>
>    
I am having the same problem with my 32 and 64 bit machines. I have not 
found a followup
to this thread. Has anyone found a fix for it yet?

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