On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:00:56 +1000, Toby Sargeant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 05:02:33AM +0200, malte wrote: > > Joss...you're a wonderful person! =) > > that was it...i think its the oddest thing. > > but pointing #open file# right at /dev/scd0 did the > > trick. dont know why...but i hear audio cd from my tibook this second > > The difference here is that xmms is reading CDDA off the disc, and > playing it as an audio sample. Playing the audio cd directly does > not work, and this is (as far as I'm aware) a limitation of the sound > driver. It's the hardware. Unlike in a desktop, which usually has a thin cable running through the EMF-noise-filled environment of the inside of your case from the CD-ROM to the sound card, the T/iBooks don't have a direct audio connection. -- |>|\/|< /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |David M. Cooke http://arbutus.physics.mcmaster.ca/cookedm/ |[EMAIL PROTECTED]
