Re: Multimedia players - odd observations

[Stefan Kost <ensonic hora-obscura de>]

hi,

I am not sure where the cddb preferences ended up. But you can start
gconf-editor and go to /apps/CDDB-Slave2 and fix the server settings there.

Stefan

Felix Karpfen wrote:
> I use the KDE desktop as supplied by Debian Sarge and my version of KDE
> (3.3) offers several media players for playing CDs.
> 
> These include:
> 
> - KscD version 1.4;
> - xmms version 1.2.10;
> - Totem version 0.100; and
> - (Gnome's) CD Player version 2.8.0.
> 
> The first three all succeed in producing sound from a CD; Totem notifies
> that "an error has occurred; the server that you are trying to connect to
> is not known" and then proceeds to play the CD. On Gnome's CD player, all
> the buttons work but there is no sound.
> 
> Unlike the other three, Gnome's CD Player loads automatically and
> attempts to play as soon as it detects the presence of a CD in the DVD
> drive - despite the fact that the relevant entry in /etc/fstab reads
> "no auto" and all the relevant CD Player preferences have been
> unchecked.
> 
> I will welcome any advice - if that is needed. I can live with both the
> Totem error message and the presence of a loaded non-operational Gnome
> CD-player - assuming this does no damage to my operational programs.
> 
> But I thought it worth flagging.
> 
> Felix Karpfen