Re: [pygame] BUG cd audio

[James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 07:04:00PM -0700, Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
> 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.
> 

Sorry. When I said "useless", I didn't mean that I didn't think it would 
fail for everyone-- I just meant that it will fail on enough computers 
that it can't be relied upon.

---
James Paige