On Sat 01 Jul 2017 at 01:12:18 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > > > On Fri 30 Jun 2017 at 12:27:18 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbac...@gmx.net> writes: > >> > >> > Curt wrote: > >> >> mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/hdb cdda://1 > >> >> or wherever the device exists on your machine. > >> > > >> > Unless on very old systems, i'd expect /dev/sr0, /dev/sr1, ... > >> > >> `mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/sr0 cdda://1' gives the same error output as > >> `mplayer cdda://'. > > > > How about > > > > vlc cdda:// ? > > Yes, vlc works!
Not quite what you wanted but you can now play an audio CD. We suppose the CD ROM shows activity (a blinking light) with 'mplayer cdda://' even though there is no sound output. How do you go on with 'mplayer -ao alsa cdda:// ? > > You have "solved" this problem previously: > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/02/msg01080.html > > Yes, but that time mplayer won't play files either. Now instead mplayer works > with mp3, audio files... but fails only with audio CDs. That time the > problem > was solved installing alsaplayer-alsa and pulseaudio. Now I already have > those > packages in my system... This could also be a software issue but this time involving pulseaudio. -- Brian.
