[Bug 606709] [NEW] can't play audio CD

[aschuring]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdemultimedia

I must say I'm more than a bit disheartened to see bugs like #121177
marked invalid, as I stumbled across this bug today for the first time,
with a fully up-to-date 10.04 install. I don't care whether the reason
is "Amarok doesn't play audio CDs", or "Amarok doesn't support
kioslaves", or "KSCD can play discs just fine", the original bug is
still there.

When I insert an audio CD, I get a helpful autorun dialog, which gives me the following options:
- rip CD iwth k3b
- copy CD with k3b
- open disc with Dolphin
- play disc with Amarok

No matter which of my 2 disc drives I use, Amarok keeps reporting "0
tracks" (when I press eject, it does open the correct tray). And when I
choose "open disc with Dolphin", it shows no tracks and reports "failed
to read" in the statusbar. Only k3b handles the disc well, but that's
useless to me because I don't want to rip. I want to play.

Some reports mention the ability to change the device path to the cdrom drive in Amarok's settings, but:
- that option does not appear to exist in this version (2.3.0)
- the whole point of using a DE is the ability to be blissfully unaware of device files

Of course, the CD plays just fine with vlc.

** Affects: kdemultimedia (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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can't play audio CD
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