lydian Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Hello again More questions................. I have an MAudio Delta 66 sound card which i'm already using in my windows partition. I installed Mandrake, and it's not in the hardware list, although my Yamaha SW1000XG is. The strange thing is, i've made no attempt to install drivers for it, but Mandrake plays all the system sounds, like the ones you get with error messages (been getting alot of those!!) and when it starts and shuts down..strange. But when i try and play an audio cd (which tbh i'm still not sure if i'm doing correctly...that s how much of a newb i am!!) it doesn't play!!! Any suggestions? Remember i'm a total newb, who's only ever used windows!! I'm not used to typing in code to get stuff workin!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Nice card... What app are you using to play CDs? If you have mplayer installed, here's a quick way to test what I suspect may be the problem: mplayer cdda:// if you get audio, it's because the app you're using is trying to do analog playback and you don't have a CD audio cable (or you do, but the mixer is incorrectly setup). If this is the case, it should be an easy fix, just need to know the app you're using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydian Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 (edited) Thanks for the reply Adamw............. Right here's the thing... i cant remember which app i was trying to use, one of the standard ones under 'multimedia' in the menu!! Haven't been on Mandarke since last night!! So you give a suggestion of mplayer cdda//: where do i type this in? (i told you i was a total newb!!) I downloaded some drivers for the delta card last night onto a cd..........i'll need help doing that soon to!! One step at a time though...... Cheers Guys Edited May 17, 2005 by lydian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydian Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Right............. Thought i'd have a go at that command you gave me.....................mmmmm. So i'm doing something wrong. I tried using the shell console (whatever that is!!) and it said bash: mplayer: command not found I got the same kind of response when using the 'run command option from the menu!! Dum de dum!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 So you don't have mplayer installed, no problem :). Go to the 'start' menu, then system, configuration, packaging, install software. Search for 'mplayer' and install it, then try the command again (from a console, you got that part right). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydian Posted May 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Thanks for ya help,,,,,i'll be a linux MASTER soon at this rate (!!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 BTW, to make any other CD player work correctly, you just need to find and enable the 'digital extraction' or 'digital playback' (or something like that, depends on the app) option. kscd has one, xmms has one after you install a plugin, gnome-cd doesn't but you can install goobox from contrib. Alternatively you can find a CD audio cable from somewhere, open up your machine and painstakingly connect it from the CD drive to the soundcard, but that's a right pain and besides it'd be a complete waste of the nice DAC on your soundcard, so you don't want to go bothering with that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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