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From: daver@sirius.cs.pdx.edu (Dave Roethig)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: xcdplayer for ATAPI Drve??
Date: 19 Feb 1997 22:45:24 GMT
Organization: Portland State University, Portland, OR
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Conrad Sabatier (conrads@neosoft.com) wrote:
: In article <5ect38$c1i@walt.ee.pdx.edu>,
: 	daver@sirius.cs.pdx.edu (Dave Roethig) writes:
: > 
: > I installed the patch and re-built the kernel and xcdplayer 
: > seems to work well!
: > 
: > One problem is still there:  there is a regular hiss when a CD
: > is played.  It sounds like a record player playing a record
: > with a small scratch.
: > 
: > I think the CD drive is a Toshiba.
: > 
: > Is the CD drive not being sampled fast enough?

: Is the noise present all the time, or only when a CD is being played?

: My cheapo soundcard is rather "hissy" as well, unless I lower the master
: volume and kick up the CD volume (using Xmix).

: You may want to try this and see what sort of results you get.  May be
: that one of the other audio inputs (microphone, line in) is set too
: high and is what's generating the noise.

 
I tried this but it didn't help.

It isn't a "hiss" as with poor quality speakers but more of
a regular short-"scratch".

I think the CD drive is either flaky or configured incorrectly.


Any ideas?



Thanks
Dave