On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 07:53:46PM -0300, Alan Miles wrote: > All, > > I am new to alsa, so please be patient with me - I had to use alsa to get > here xawtv using an ATI radeon video card. > > I have successfully implemented the following on my Slackware 8.1 Linux > machine, running the 2.4.19 kernel, using the following: > > alsa-driver-0.9.0rc2 > alsa-lib-0.9.0rc2 > alsa-tools-0.9.0rc1 > alsa-oss-0.9.0rc1 > > However, I have cd-writer as /dev/hdc (/dev/sr0 when using the ide-scsi > module). Under *cough* M$, I can place CD's in this player and it works - it > does not work under Linux (if I put a jack into the cd-writer then I can > hear the cd). > > I have also have a DVD player as /dev/hda and can successfully, play (and > hear!) DVDs under linux using mplayer. >
AFAIK, recent versions of Windows media player do digital audio extraction, transferring the audio over the IDE bus. You can do the same in Linux by piping cdparanoia into an audio player, e.g. cdparanoia 1- | play -t wav - (this using SoX, I don't have aplay on this machine) (thousands of lines deleted) Regards, Mark ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
