[Lubuntu] Progress on playing a CD?

[Unleash PC]

Use VLC

problem solved




On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:16:44 -0400
John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com> wrote:

> Thanks for some useful info.
> 
> Once the CD is mounted, running "audacious cdda://" from lxterm 
> successfully plays the CD.  Also, if I temporarily edit 
> /usr/share/applications/audacious.desktop to change "Exec=audacious %U" 
> to "Exec=audacious cdda:", then choosing Audacious from the 
> Medium-Inserted popup also successfully plays the CD.
> 
> Furthermore, the main menu shortcut for Audacious also runs "audacious 
> %U," so the desktop Exec entry seems NOT to be specialized for 
> x-content/audio-cdda (though with that statement I'm venturing beyond my 
> actual knowledge of the operating methods here).
> 
> I can add that with the CD mounted, running "vlc cdda:" also plays the 
> CD.  Running "gnome-mplayer cdda:" produces a crash error as before 
> after the UI appears.  Running "rhythmbox cdda:" merely starts the 
> program without playing the CD.
> 
> More on Rhythmbox: Though its CD-playing behavior was the best of the 4 
> programs under Edubuntu, it is the worst under Lubuntu as I previously 
> posted (choosing Rhythmbox from the Medium-Inserted popup results in 
> nothing at all happening).  In /usr/share/applications, it has two 
> configuration files rather than one like the other programs.  Both of 
> the configuration files make use of section labels, which the other 
> programs' desktop files do not.  Rhythmbox.desktop in its [Desktop 
> Entry] section has an "Exec=rhythmbox %U" entry.  
> Rhythmbox-device.desktop in its [Desktop Entry] section has an 
> "Exec=rhythmbox-client --select-source %U" entry.
> 
> And though I'm new to Linux, I have not seen that LXDE has a config UI 
> similar to this one referred to for XFCE: 
> http://s15.postimage.org/94l94znm1/thunar_volman.png
> 
> On 9/18/2012 7:33 AM, Sandor Ortegon wrote:
> > This issue was copied to Audacious forum and John Lindgren, one of the 
> > main Audacious developers mentioned this, if useful:
> >
> > "Audacious will start playing a CD automatically if you run "audacious 
> > cdda://". All you need to do is configure Lubuntu to run that command 
> > when an audio CD is inserted. This is how I configure XFCE to play a 
> > CD in Audacious when I insert it: 
> > http://postimage.org/image/700w3wlzb/. I would be very much surprised 
> > if LXDE does not have a similar option."
> >
> > I hope this can be useful ... I guess if this is Audacious problem, 
> > the guys from Audacious are willing to solve it (John answers very 
> > fast and most bugs are fixed rather quickly) ... but it seems to me, 
> > according to the comments about Rhythmbox that the problem lies 
> > elsewhere.
> 
> On 9/17/2012 11:31 PM, PCMan wrote:
> > That "medium-inserted" popup is generated from registered handlers of 
> > "x-conent/*" mime-types. See: 
> > http://standards.freedesktop.org/shared-mime-info-spec/shared-mime-info-spec-latest.html#id2710963 
> > Check if the desktop entry files of these programs have correct 
> > command lines for this purpose. Desktop entry files for 
> > "x-content/audio-cdda" should not be the same as the one shown in 
> > application menu. There should be desktop entry files specialized for 
> > "x-content/audio-cdda" since playing audio CD may need different 
> > commands. Just my 2 cents. 
>