Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] No CD audio!
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 14:42:28 EEST
Daniel James wrote:
>>Can
>>you remember how you went about accessing the signal from the IDE cable?
>
>
> With the AudioCD Reader plugin for xmms. If you go to Configure - Output there
> is the option Read Digital CD Audio. I think some people have had problems
> with this plugin recently though.
>
> I reckon the internal digital audio cable is probably the best way to go. I
> can't think why you would want to play (as opposed to rip) audio through the
> IDE cable unless you wanted to pass the CD data by the OS for DRM purposes.
> That's my conspiracy theory, at least...
>
It can dramatically improve the sound quality you hear as you don't have
an ad/da conversion.
-- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. http://www.boosthardware.com http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ========================================Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done.
Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman
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