opensu11.1 dvd drive not mounted with audio cd

[caf4926]

In Dolphin address bar type:

audiocd:/

[V_Andretta]

Originally Posted by caf4926

In Dolphin address bar type:

audiocd:/

Actually, I had already tried that. I can indeed browse the disk content, and copy it, say, to the HD. But if I click on one of the audio files, Dolphin calls Amarok, which in turn grumpily says:

No suitable input plugin. This often means that the url's protocol is not supported. Network failures are other possible causes.
audiocd:/Pascal Roge - 09 - Valses nobles et sentimentales - VI. Assez vif.wav

I can get around this by copying the file on the hard disk: Amarok can now play it.

Anyway, my questions were not really about that. Sorry, perhaps I have not been clear. I'll try to reformulate my questions more concisely:

1. Why nothing happens when I insert an audio CD? The Device Notifier widget, for instance, does not react (while it does show a video DVD when I insert it)
2. Why Amarok has problems recognizing the CD medium?

The answer to the second question may well be that Amarok is not configured properly on my system, or that - being a KDE3 app - it does not work well in KDE4. I guess with time I can figure out the reason (but any hint is welcome).

What bothers me more is the first question: I have so far been used to expect that inserting a CD would cause the system to either prompt me about what to do, or (if configured properly) to call the pre-selected application to play the music (say: Amarok or Kaffeine).

Sure, I can manually type audiocd:/ in Dolphin or Konqueror and go on manually selecting/copying the audio files.

Or, as I mentioned in my previous post, I can manually call Kaffeine and manually click the "Play Audio CD" button from its main menu.

But is this the best that KDE4 can do? Or, again, I am missing some configuration option somewhere?


V.


P.S.: when I say "I am used" I do not refer to Windows. I've been using Linux for ages now, and openSUSE for almost as long.

[caf4926]

I dropped a cd in;

[V_Andretta]

Originally Posted by caf4926

I dropped a cd in;
...

Thanks, caf4926.

Any suggestions on how I could accomplish the same? Or where to look for the source of my problems?

[V_Andretta]

Originally Posted by caf4926

I dropped a cd in;
...

I just noticed from your signature that you are running KDE 4.3.1. I'm still with openSUSE 11.1, i.e. KDE 4.1.3.

That might be a cause of the difference between my experience and yours

I'm wondering whether there are others experiencing the same problem as me and the originator of this thread.


Of course, as soon as 11.2 will be out, I will upgrade. It's just a few weeks. But I'm still curious now... And I might learn something more about KDE4

[caf4926]

Open KsCD with a CD in the drive
And try hitting Play.

Upgrade kde
KDE 4.3.2 HowTo for 11.1 - openSUSE Forums

or at the very least add the build service repo for your version
http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...openSUSE_11.1/

[V_Andretta]

Originally Posted by caf4926

Open KsCD with a CD in the drive
And try hitting Play.

As in the case of Kaffeine, KsCD sees the disk.

But the Device Notifier widget can't still see it

Moreover, the KsCD "Eject" button does not work.

Anyway, I found a few bugs from KDE 4.0 and 4.1.2 reporting this problem:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172994
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164221

So, it seems that indeed the solution is to upgrade KDE...

Upgrade kde
KDE 4.3.2 HowTo for 11.1 - openSUSE Forums

or at the very least add the build service repo for your version
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.1

...which I will do sometime in the next few weeks.

Thanks

[caf4926]

You might as well just install 11.2 in a few weeks.

Otherwise - just rip the CD with k3b

I don't know anyone that uses cd's to playback today (wait.....maybe you do?)