> I am using ide-scsi (can't rip otherwise, dont know why) and using the > XMMS cd-read plugin, which rips in realtime and outputs via the soundcard. > Seems to work fine.
That works in one sense. However, it doesn't really resolve the *general* problem. (I do apologise; I forgot to mention this in the original email.) I have a copy of Railroad Tycoon 2 (bought legit, and it has chewed up *way* too many hours of my time already :-). Much of its sound is generated in-game (the lowing of cattle at cattle ranches; the horns of the train engines as they leave a station; etc., etc.) However, the background music is played direct off the CD. What I'd *really* like is to have a driver (either pure kernel, or part kernel, part userspace -- I doubt it could be pure userspace) that intercepts the "play audio CD" ioctl, and does the necessary ripping/ outputting. In one sense, this is butt ugly; but it really is the cleanest solution I can think of to the general problem. I can see, conceptually, how such a thing would work. The problem is, I have *never* done kernel-level programming before, so it'd take me a considerable period of time to write such a driver. I could probably do it; much of the code that I'm likely to need is out there, under the GPL. I'm just too lazy to take the time to learn. *grins* (plus there's the fact that I have a heap on my plate at the moment already; I'll get some spare time next week, but if I get back into one of my hobbies -- which is suspended due to physical injury -- that time will disappear *very* quickly.) Comments? Thanks, Stuart.
