Re: playing audio CDs in F8

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 12:18 +0200, joachim backes rhrk uni-kl de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since some F8 updates, I have the following problem with playing audio CDs:
> 
> 1. the problem is independent from Gnome or KDE
> 
> 2.I have 2 IDE DVD drives and 1 USB DVD drives in my box, and I insert
>    the CDs in the USB drive.
> 
> 3. When inserting audio CDs, they are recognized, and the player
>    (gnome-cd) starts automatically with track #1 , and then track #2 is
>    played automatically. But then, all following tracks will not be
>    played directly, only if I click the forward button to play the next
>    track, it will be played.
>    If not clicking the forward button, then it takes a lot of minutes
>    (about 10) until the following track is played.
> 
> 4. Under Knoppix for example, the audio CDs are played totally without
>     some interaction.
> 
> All F8 updates until may 1 are applied.
> 
> All help is welcome.
> 
I have often had problems like this with gnome-cd
Install grip and try it.
replace totem with totem-xine from livna and try it as totem. The
default installed totem may work for you.


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