Re: [pygame] BUG cd audio

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 08:00:01PM -0400, Tyler Distad wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 7:50 PM, James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > The CD probably has its own separate volume mixer, and that mixer is
> > > probably muted by default.
> > >
> > > ---
> > > James Paige
> > 
> > No, the PCM mixer is at full volume. Also, all other CD players can
> > play CDs flawlessly. It's not a system volume issue.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Many CD players re-route CD audio out the PCM mixer. pygame does not. 
> Pygame's method of playing CD audio is almost entirely useless unless 
> you have time-travelled back to 1998.
> 
> I reccomend just playing ogg files from the CD filesystem.
> 

Dell Dimension 5150, Windows XP: pygame.cdrom plays CDs just fine on this computer.

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Lenard Lindstrom
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