From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Re: no sound on a G4 powerbook Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:48:58 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.3 - "Ushinoya") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: ewitness - Ben Fowler Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:30:13 +0100, ewitness - Ben Fowler wrote: > > Is this happening with the CD player? > > It is possible that Alsa is set-up for CD Audio to reach > the sound hardware on an analogue line. If the sound > hardware, such as 'Screamer' does not have such an > input then it may be impossible to raise the CD volume > above zero (check the maximum level quoted in amixer). > > Modern Macs do not use analogue connections between the > CD player and the sound hardware, but a digital connection. yes. you need to read CDDA. in such a case, it's impossible to support cd on the driver side. it's an application's job. ciao, Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf