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From: Joerg on 3 Jun 2010 01:23
John K. Herreshoff wrote:

> So, is there a trick to get Amarok to play a cd? The intuitive
> things don't work.
>
> Or should I junk it and just use XMMS.
>
> John.

What version? The one coming with slack 13.1 (amarok 2.3.0) does
play audio cds by inserting cd->select "Local Music"->add cd to
playlist.

Joerg
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From: Handover Phist on 3 Jun 2010 01:51
notbob :
> On 2010-06-03, Richard Herbert <rherbert(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I found it in Audacious under "Plugin services/Play CD". Wasn't able to
>> locate it in XMMS, unfortunately. It looks like being able to play audio
>> CDs is becoming a part of legacy support. You end up thinking this way
>> when trying to play the CD "Presence" by Led Zep, and can't find an app in
>> KDE that'll do it.
>
> No doubt due to the increasing ease of circumventing DRM protection.
> I was surprised when I discovered I could record any sounds internally
> with audacity and practically any soundcard, something I couldn't do under any
> M$ software, at least not without two computers and a patch chord.
> I've yet to discover how to do video DVDs. Of course, it's not like
> I've been trying.

Not hard:

mencoder /dev/dvd -oac lavc -ovc lavc -o $OUTFILE.avi

On the CD music topic, seriously, rip and encode. CDs can get damaged and
hard drive space is pretty cheap. When the drive dies, the CD will be
there hopefully undamaged to rip again to your easily manageble
collection. Amarok is good stuff IMO.


> This whole thing gets more and more frustrating because, allegedly,
> it's legal to record songs you already have a paid copy of. Did that change?
> Easier to just get songs from the web. Stupid recording industry.
>
> nb

It's easiest to just assume you're breaking the law if you hear music,
because that's frankly kinda what it seems like. I have music I've
downloaded beacause the tape is too old and the CD is scratched (Rush -A
Farewell To Kings). I've bought it twice and have the tour ticket stub
and rather tattered concert T, but I assume it's illegal.

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From: John K. Herreshoff on 3 Jun 2010 08:10
Joerg wrote:

> John K. Herreshoff wrote:
>
>> So, is there a trick to get Amarok to play a cd? The intuitive
>> things don't work.
>>
>> Or should I junk it and just use XMMS.
>>
>> John.
>
> What version? The one coming with slack 13.1 (amarok 2.3.0) does
> play audio cds by inserting cd->select "Local Music"->add cd to
> playlist.
>
> Joerg

Danke, Joerg. 'Local Music' did it... after I turned off the mysql
database and used the local one.

I'll try switching a CD in a while, and if I can make it work again, I'll be
happy :-)

Ooops. It just crashed.

John.

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From: Richard Herbert on 3 Jun 2010 19:54
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:10:11 -0400, John K. Herreshoff wrote:

> Joerg wrote:
>
>> John K. Herreshoff wrote:
>>
>>> So, is there a trick to get Amarok to play a cd? The intuitive things
>>> don't work.
>>>
>>> Or should I junk it and just use XMMS.
>>>
>>> John.
>>
>> What version? The one coming with slack 13.1 (amarok 2.3.0) does play
>> audio cds by inserting cd->select "Local Music"->add cd to playlist.
>>
>> Joerg
>
> Danke, Joerg. 'Local Music' did it... after I turned off the mysql
> database and used the local one.
>
> I'll try switching a CD in a while, and if I can make it work again,
> I'll be happy :-)
>
> Ooops. It just crashed.
>
> John.

Sorry yours crashed. Mine doesn't, but I don't hear anything, although
the progress indicator is moving. And yes, I've tried specifying the
output device preference for the 'Music' category. The test plays the
default KDE login music, but the CD audio is silent.

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Registered Linux user 14329
If there's nothing wrong with me, then ...
there must be something wrong with the Universe!
From: Chick Tower on 3 Jun 2010 21:56
On 2010-06-03, Richard Herbert <rherbert(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I found it in Audacious under "Plugin services/Play CD". Wasn't able to
> locate it in XMMS, unfortunately. It looks like being able to play audio
> CDs is becoming a part of legacy support. You end up thinking this way
> when trying to play the CD "Presence" by Led Zep, and can't find an app in
> KDE that'll do it.

I asked a few months ago about playing a CD with KDE apps, and I got
several responses on how to do it. I think Amarok was included as one
that could play CDs. I, like you, couldn't find any way to play CDs in
KDE, so that's why I asked the question originally. Try searching
a.o.l.s. in Google Groups for my name, as I don't post very often. Or,
if you really want to pin my initial post down, search for workbone, as
I mentioned it.

I've quit using KDE, so that's why I can't remember much about what apps
play CDs, and thus can't give you more specific advice.
--
Chick Tower

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