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Hi

I'm having a problem mounting/running audio cds. The cd is detected (sr0 appears on desktop) but does not automatically mount (which it does for other data cds). So I can't play any music!

Any ideas?

Tom

Audio CDs can be mounted, as they don't contain a normal filesystem.

Gxine plays these unmounted from menu 'file' --> 'CD'.

Sigmund

Thanks Sigmund, showing my ignorance.

When I tried gxine file--> CD it gave me the error -

'Autoplay input play CD failed check engine output for details'

Any idea how I do this?

Tom

I just checked that it still works. Pop in a audio CD, then click on the desktop CD icon, then Gxine starts automatically. Works fine.

Perhaps you should test with a different audio CD.

Hi Barry

Tried other audio CDs but get same result. How do I check xine engine output for more detail?

Tom

You could start gxine from the console (rxvt)
Maybe messages are shown, so you can post them here.

Ok message on console reads -

xine-lib: error: Autoplay input plugin 'CD' failed: Check engine output for further details.
AFD changed from -2 to -1

Don't think this is going to be much help.

Tom

Go into Gxine Preferences/Configure.

Set the level of of menu detail from beginner to master of the known universe.

You will see a media tab, click on it.

Now in the path for the cd drive enter /dev/sr0 instead of /dev/cdrom.

Then play the CD.

I don't have an optical drive on this machine.
Does the drive wizard on the setup menu manage to link /dev/cdrom to /dev/sr? ?

Thanks Alcy that did the trick.

Tom