On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:30:38 -0500 (EST), Charlie wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:11:04 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell > <zlinux...@wowway.com> shared this with us all: >>Personally, I like cdplay. It's part of the cdtool package. >>It's also a command line tool. The thing I like most about cdplay >>is that it's extremely efficient. It just sends the "play" command >>to the CD drive and then terminates. The CD drive itself does the >>digital to analog conversion itself and sends an analog audio signal >>directly to your sound card. No digital data is transferred across >>the bus. >> >>Most modern media players "rip" >>the audio data from the CD drive as digital data and then send it to >>the sound card. That gives you more flexibility if you want to >>extract audio to your hard drive. But if all you want to do is listen >>to a music CD, cdplay is an excellent tool. It does require that >>there be an audio cable between your CD drive and your sound card, >>though. And the CD channel in Alsamixer must be unmuted and turned >>up. Since this is an analog input signal, it may not be adjustable by >>the master volume control, depending on your audio chipset. The CD >>volume control may operate independently of the master volume control. >> >>Other useful commands in the cdtool package are cdstop, cdeject, >>etc. > > Thanks Stephen, > > It comes up in my search as: > > wmcdplay > > and I have an Acer laptop that I use as a desktop [we only have solar > power] so not certain there is a cable connection? Usually not included > in laptops I think, but will give it a larrup.
No, that is a different package and a different tool. The package name is cdtool. It exists in both stable and testing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
