[SLUG] Re: [Scarborough] [Fwd: SUSE installation sound problems]

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

Hi

Before swapping out the DVD drive I thought I'd try playing a normal
MP3 file. It plays (but it's a little distorted, fuzzy somehow, but
maybe we'll come to that in due course).

Incidentally, it used RealPlayer to play that which does two things ..
firstly where I was getting instructions from Helix Player that
installing RealPlayer usually improved quality .. I don't have to do
that because it's already done. Secondly, my frustration with Fedora 4
that it doesn't, out of the box, play MP3s is answered simply .. use a
different distribution.

So attention is focussing on the CD/DVD drive. I'll swap it with
another and see how we get on.

J

>
> Hi!
>
> Fast answer after fast read :-)
>
> (I think that the problems is playing Audio CD's...)
>
> Which program to play CD are you using?
>
> I remember that xmms is able to reproduce in digital way (using IDE
> interface, etc.) or usual way (using analog cable to sound blaster).
> Check it, "usual way" is more reliable, I think.
>
> Have you tried with other CD disk? :-) And other CD-ROM unit?
>
> On Apr/11/2006, john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>> Hello Catuxes
>>
>> I'm looking for some help with sound on a SUSE installation.
>> Nothing's
>> come to mind in Scarborough over the last few hours and since I
>> wanted
>> to get the machine back to its owner relatively quickly, I thought
>> I'd
>> escalate to you ppl and wonder if you had any advice for me.
>>
>> See below.
>>
>> Oh, I need to explain a few things. Middle aged and older people in
>> the UK will remember a comedy program called the Wheeltappers and
>> Shunters Social Club <http://www.wheeltappers.net/> on the
>> television
>> which was supposed to be a working mens club with a variety of acts
>> on
>> stage. The main feature of the program was an old chap in a flat cap
>> who announced the acts. The comedy was that his microphone never
>> worked and kept cutting out, leaving key parts of each sentence
>> missing.
>>
>> Lucy is a friend of mine trying to move to Linux.
>>
>> The place near TKMaxx (a shop) is a computer bits shop.
>>
>> Cheers
>> J
>>
>> -------------------------- Original Message
>> --------------------------
>> Subject: SUSE installation sound problems
>> From:    john at johnallsopp.co.uk
>> Date:    Tue, April 11, 2006 4:14
>> To:      scarborough at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Hi ppl
>>
>> OK, the reputation of Linux is on the line here (not to mention mine
>> too). I went around to fix the final (?) problem on Lucy's machine
>> last night .. sound.
>>
>> Previously, you may remember, SUSE 10 had failed to recognise the
>> sound on the ASROCK 939NF4 motherboard so we thought we'd put in a
>> Soundblaster card and that would sort it.
>>
>> Not so fast. I bought a Soundblaster Live 24 bit SB0410 from
>> wossisface near TKMaxx, put that in, and got system sounds ..
>> bootup,
>> etc. However, when playing a CD I'm getting, most often, a
>> half-second
>> toggle between the song and silence. For those old enough to
>> remember,
>> it sounds like the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club.
>>
>> I've disabled (and enabled, but currently disabled) the motherboard
>> sound in the BIOS, and I've moved the analog audio cable from going
>> from the DVD drive to the motherboard to going to the soundcard.
>>
>> The speakers I'm using are Logitec X-530s.
>>
>> Frankly, I'm a bit stumped so I'm looking for my best next move. I'm
>> thinking I'll work on SUSE for a bit but if it's not playing, I'll
>> go
>> for another distro (Ubuntu, maybe even Mepis sounds like it aims to
>> work  "out of the box").
>>
>> If any of you remember the early LPI stuff about isapnp, SUSE has it
>> so I'm half tempted to see if that would help .. but the card seems
>> to
>> be recognised and installed fine .. mind-you, I did just go for the
>> fast/automatic setup.
>>
>> Whaddyathink?
>>
>> BTW, Lucy is lurking on this list, so hello.
>>
>> J
>>
>>
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