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Hi; I am using.....trying to use XMMS on knoppix/debian from the icewm desktop. I have a combo cdrom/dvdrom player. I have successfully used Xine to watch DVDs so I know the hardware works. However, when I try to play a music cd with XMMS I get no results. When I start XMMS from an xterm I get the message: ------------------ libxml.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ---------------------- I have tried pointing to "/cdrom" with the menu options "play a location" and "play a directory". Nothing happens. When I press the play button I get a file dialog. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Steve

Dances With Crows wrote: > xmms is more of an mp3/ogg player than a CDDA player. Tried kscd or > workman or one of those other more barebones CDDA players? I never heard of workman. I try to avoid using the kde or its apps so I would rather not use kscd > Go to Preferences->Audio I/O Plugins, then look at the "CD Audio player" > plugin in the top listbox. Make sure the "enable plugin" checkbox at > the bottom right of the listbox is checked. Click the "configure" > button. Make sure the device and mountpoint are set correctly--I think > you want "/dev/cdrom" for the device here, and "/cdrom" for the > mountpoint. Then put a Tom Waits CD in the audio CD player and try > again. No such path. However I did find Options | Preferences | Audio I/O Plugins | Configure | Options When I go there and press the "Add CD to playlist" button pressing "play" on xmms works. However, I need to do that everytime I reboot xmms. Is there a way around that? Steve

Dances With Crows wrote: >>I try to avoid using the kde or its apps > > > Dumb idea; konqueror is a better file manager than anything the GNOME > people have come up with so far if only for the fish:// . Thats probably true, but I avoid gnome and gnome apps also :). > > >>>Go to Preferences->Audio I/O Plugins, then look at the "CD Audio >>>player" plugin in the top listbox. Make sure the "enable plugin" >>>checkbox at the bottom right of the listbox is checked. Click the >>>"configure" button. Make sure the device and mountpoint are set >>>correctly--I think you want "/dev/cdrom" for the device here, and >>>"/cdrom" for the mountpoint. >> >>No such path. > > > ? You mean "/dev/cdrom did not exist", or "/cdrom does not exist"? Put > in the device name of your CD-R* in place of /dev/cdrom , and the > mountpoint where you mount this CD-R* in place of /cdrom . Not at all. The path for the options you gave me did not exist. /cdrom, /dev/cdrom all exist fine. > > >>Options | Preferences | Audio I/O Plugins | Configure | Options >>When I go there and press the "Add CD to playlist" button pressing >>"play" on xmms works. However, I need to do that everytime I reboot >>xmms. Is there a way around that? > > > I think you're using a different (older?) version of xmms than I am, > because there's no "add CD to playlist" button anywhere within any of > the plugins listed in the audio I/O plugins listbox. I'm using xmms > 1.2.7. I am using xmms 1.2.7-3 > If you configure libcdaudio correctly, it'll retain those settings > across xmms invocations, and you can "add directory" and choose > /mnt/cdrom , and if there's an audio CD in the drive, all tracks on that > CD will be added to the playlist. I haven't found a way to make it hold onto the preference. It is still the same situation. If I go all the way into preferences each time and press "add cd to play list" it works. Steve

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:37:04 +0200, Steve staggered into the Black Sun and said: > I am using.....trying to use XMMS on knoppix/debian from the icewm > desktop. I have successfully used Xine to watch DVDs so I know the > hardware works. However, when I try to play a music cd with XMMS I > get no results. xmms is more of an mp3/ogg player than a CDDA player. Tried kscd or workman or one of those other more barebones CDDA players? > When I start XMMS from an xterm I get the message: > libxml.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory This shouldn't cause any problems. > I have tried pointing to "/cdrom" with the menu options "play a > location" and "play a directory". Nothing happens. When I press the > play button I get a file dialog. Go to Preferences->Audio I/O Plugins, then look at the "CD Audio player" plugin in the top listbox. Make sure the "enable plugin" checkbox at the bottom right of the listbox is checked. Click the "configure" button. Make sure the device and mountpoint are set correctly--I think you want "/dev/cdrom" for the device here, and "/cdrom" for the mountpoint. Then put a Tom Waits CD in the audio CD player and try again. If you get a listing of audio tracks showing up in xmms's playlist, but you play them and no sound comes out, http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search , group comp.os.linux.* , keyword "4-wire cable". HTH, -- Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / mail: TRAP + SPAN don't belong http://www.brainbench.com / "He is a rhythmic movement of the -----------------------------/ penguins, is Tux." --MegaHAL

In XMMS, goto Options -> Preferences. Under the tab Audio I/O Plugins, make sure the input plugin CD Audio Player [libcdaudio.so] is present. Select it, hit configure, and then make sure it's pointing to the correct device and directory. That should do it. -- Sugapablo ------------------------------------ http://www.sugapablo.com <--music http://www.sugapablo.net <--personal

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 22:30:59 +0200, Steve staggered into the Black Sun and said: > Dances With Crows wrote: >> xmms is more of an mp3/ogg player than a CDDA player. Tried kscd or >> workman or one of those other more barebones CDDA players? > I never heard of workman. It's a bare-bones audio CD player. Using it (or kscd, or something simpler than xmms) would let you figure out whether the problem is with your hardware, or with your xmms configuration. > I try to avoid using the kde or its apps Dumb idea; konqueror is a better file manager than anything the GNOME people have come up with so far if only for the fish:// . >> Go to Preferences->Audio I/O Plugins, then look at the "CD Audio >> player" plugin in the top listbox. Make sure the "enable plugin" >> checkbox at the bottom right of the listbox is checked. Click the >> "configure" button. Make sure the device and mountpoint are set >> correctly--I think you want "/dev/cdrom" for the device here, and >> "/cdrom" for the mountpoint. > No such path. ? You mean "/dev/cdrom did not exist", or "/cdrom does not exist"? Put in the device name of your CD-R* in place of /dev/cdrom , and the mountpoint where you mount this CD-R* in place of /cdrom . > Options | Preferences | Audio I/O Plugins | Configure | Options > When I go there and press the "Add CD to playlist" button pressing > "play" on xmms works. However, I need to do that everytime I reboot > xmms. Is there a way around that? I think you're using a different (older?) version of xmms than I am, because there's no "add CD to playlist" button anywhere within any of the plugins listed in the audio I/O plugins listbox. I'm using xmms 1.2.7. I have no idea about playing audio CDs on previous versions of xmms because I always used kscd on the (rare) occasions when I played an audio CD--I ripped and encoded almost everything worthwhile from my CD collection *years* ago. If you configure libcdaudio correctly, it'll retain those settings across xmms invocations, and you can "add directory" and choose /mnt/cdrom , and if there's an audio CD in the drive, all tracks on that CD will be added to the playlist. -- Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / mail: TRAP + SPAN don't belong http://www.brainbench.com / "He is a rhythmic movement of the -----------------------------/ penguins, is Tux." --MegaHAL

In article <bl6uvc$7rv$1@bob.news.rcn.net>, Steve <ADDRESS_MUNGED_TO_PREVENT_SPAM_PLEASE_REPLY_TO_GROUPstevesusenet@yahwho.com> wrote: > Dances With Crows wrote: > > If you configure libcdaudio correctly, it'll retain those settings > > across xmms invocations, and you can "add directory" and choose > > /mnt/cdrom , and if there's an audio CD in the drive, all tracks on that > > CD will be added to the playlist. > > I haven't found a way to make it hold onto the preference. It is still > the same situation. If I go all the way into preferences each time and > press "add cd to play list" it works. xmms (1.2.5) doesn't store its position if I exit X and X kills it on the way out, but if I use xmms's 'exit', everything works. -- -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar SCORPIO: Get ready for an unexpected trip when you fall screaming from an open window. Work a little harder on improving your low self esteem, you stupid freak. -- Weird Al, _Your Horoscope for Today_