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Re: CD-ROM/Audio



>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Koftinoff <jeffk@awinc.com> writes:

    Jeff> A funny thing just happened to me - I was playing an audio
    Jeff> CD-rom and I started executor.  The audio stopped, and
    Jeff> started playing from the start of the CD at double speed!

    Jeff> It's probably not strictly Executor's fault, but you should
    Jeff> know about it.

    Jeff> I am using Executor/Linux/X/ELF 1.99p6 Linux 1.2.13 Mitsumi
    Jeff> non-ide double speed cd-rom

    Jeff> jeff

1.99p6 uses an ioctl() to try to figure out whether or not a CD-ROM
drive is playing music.  If the ioctl() say it is, then it won't
access the drive further.  Unfortunately, not all of the CD-ROM
drivers support that ioctl().

    Jeff> -------------------------------------------------------
    Jeff> ---------- Jeff Koftinoff --- jeffk@awinc.com --------- ---
    Jeff> Internet Monitoring and Filtering Software --- ---
    Jeff> Multimedia and Embedded Systems Programming --- ---
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    Jeff> -------------------------------------------------------


--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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