Subject: Re: MP3's on a maxine?
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: amaya <amaya@idiom.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 03/12/2001 08:20:43
>OK, I finally got around to playing mp3's on my maxine - of course I had
>to install NetBSD first! Anyhow, I have a couple questions.. When I
>play the MP3's (which work quite well) I can't get a phone headset to
>work - sound only comes through the internal speaker weather or not a
>handset is plugged in the back. Is there a jumper or something somewhere
>I need to set to get the handset thing to work? Secondly, I figured this
>machine would be a great "spare" to rip MP3's off of cdrom with, but
>cdparanoia doesn't work on it. My cdrom drive is at asc0 and I have
>tried everything >to get it to work - not only on this machine (5000/33)
>but also on a 5000/240. Has anyone ever gotten cdparanoia or any other
>cd ripper to work on a pmax machine, or is the port maintainer just
>teasing us all?
-Linc Fessenden
You need to run audioctl to direct the output to the handset port (and
maybe set the volume)
Just a guess about ripping: you probably need a kernel with MI SCSI
compiled in... (and a new enough CDROM drive)
PCW