Cd Players And C3000 Options

[John Galt]

Is it possible to play CDs by connecting a CD player to the SL C3000? ｣ have seen in Meanie's Zbook that you one can connect a DVD/CD through USB, but when I tried to mount the devise I got the following error message:

"mount: Mounting /dev/scd0 on /mnt/cdrom failed: Invalid argument ".

Thanks

[InSearchOf]

what was the full mount command you used?

Late

[John Galt]

what was the full mount command you used?

Late

This is what I used:

su
mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
mount -o ro /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom

[Da_Blitz]

you dont need the -o ro, its implied automatically

it looks like the device node is there and the usb driver has attached to it but i would check it, first do a ls -l /dev/scd0 then check your dmesg logs when you attach/detach the device (try with the cd in)

if you have mplayer try mplayer cdda://1 or mplayer cddb://1 and see if any sound comes out, note that the cdrom drive dosent have to be mounted for it to play music or DVDs as it reads from the raw device (and enforces 1x mode so its quite)

[John Galt]

you dont need the -o ro, its implied automatically

it looks like the device node is there and the usb driver has attached to it but i would check it, first do a ls -l /dev/scd0 then check your dmesg logs when you attach/detach the device (try with the cd in)

if you have mplayer try mplayer cdda://1 or mplayer cddb://1 and see if any sound comes out, note that the cdrom drive dosent have to be mounted for it to play music or DVDs as it reads from the raw device (and enforces 1x mode so its quite)

That's great, thank you!. Not using -o ro seemed to work. At least the device mounts without a problem when there is an mp3 CD in. The message I get is:

mount: /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

After that I am able to find the mp3s by using zplayer, adding them to a playlist and enjoy them.

If I have a non-mp3 CD in the drive I get this:
a series of the above message and then,

Mounting /dev/scd0 on /mnt/cdrom failed: Invalid argument.

Also, the mplayer commands returned errors:

MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.4.2 © 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
for Zaurus 1.1.5 © 2004-2005 AGAWA Koji (atty)
CPU: ARM
CPUflags: iWMMXt

85 audio & 196 video codecs
CommandLine: 'cdda://1'
Failed to open /dev/rtc: Device or resource busy (it should be readable by the user.)
Playing cdda://1.
Option stream url: This URL doesn't have a hostname part.
[file] No filename
Failed to open cdda://1

Exiting... (End of file)

I suppose if i had more familiarity with Linux I may be able to determine why I get that error.

[Da_Blitz]

the failed to open cdda device might be because there isnt a symlink from /dev/cdrom to /dev/scd0 (ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/scd0)

if this still dosent work, specify the cd by -dvd-device=/dev/scd0 ar try cddb://1

[John Galt]

cddb://1 unfortunately returned the same error as cdda, even after symlinking the cdrom. How do I specify the cd using your command Da_Blitz? When I try it in the terminal I get:

# -dvd-device=dev/scd0
-dvd-device=dev/scd0: not found
#

[adf]

cddb://1 unfortunately returned the same error as cdda, even after symlinking the cdrom. How do I specify the cd using your command Da_Blitz? When I try it in the terminal I get:

# -dvd-device=dev/scd0
-dvd-device=dev/scd0: not found
#

er... is it as simple as putting a slash before dev?--/dev/scd0

[Da_Blitz]

yeah, if you forget to put the / its reletive to the current dir, if you add the slash, it starts from the root dirictorey (which is what you want)

[John Galt]

yeah, if you forget to put the / its reletive to the current dir, if you add the slash, it starts from the root dirictorey (which is what you want)

OK. I undestand the / . I had missed initially. But when I try this command from the terminal, I still get

-dvd-device=/dev/scd0: not found

I do appreciate your patience. Here's what I've tried so far and nothing seems to be working in terms of playing music CDs. I can play mp3 CDs without a problem, maybe because the Z recognizes the mp3 CD as a usb storage device.

Anyway:

1. I created a symlink from /dev/cdrom to /dev/scd0
2. I tried the following commands,
mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom
This works for an mp3 CD but when I tried it without a music CD, I got the following error message: "mount: Mounting /dev/scd0 on /mnt/cdrom failed: No medium found" and with a CD: "mount: Mounting /dev/scd0 on /mnt/cdrom failed: invalid argument"

3. I tried mplayer cdda://1 and mplayer cddb://1 and I got the same message as posted previously.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Da_Blitz]

it seems to me that scd0 is not in fact the cdrom and most likly dosent exsist, i know on some older distros and those with older udev rules that a scusi cdrom somtimes comes up as sr0 or simmilar however it seems wierd that you can mount it to /mnt/cdrom

perhaps change dvd-device to cdrom-device

anyway, from the mplayer manual:
mplayer [cdda|cddb]://track[-endtrack][:speed][/device] [options]

so perhaps mplayer cdda://1/dev/cdrom

and make sure that /dev/scd0 or whatever device node you use has actually been created, if unsure try cat <device node> if there is no driver attached to it it should print an error otherwise it will emit garbage

[John Galt]

it seems to me that scd0 is not in fact the cdrom and most likly dosent exsist, i know on some older distros and those with older udev rules that a scusi cdrom somtimes comes up as sr0 or simmilar  however it seems wierd that you can mount it to /mnt/cdrom

perhaps change dvd-device to cdrom-device

anyway, from the mplayer manual:
mplayer [cdda|cddb]://track[-endtrack][:speed][/device] [options]

so perhaps mplayer cdda://1/dev/cdrom

and make sure that /dev/scd0 or whatever device node you use has actually been created, if unsure try cat <device node> if there is no driver attached to it it should print an error otherwise it will emit garbage

Thank you for the suggestions. I will try them and post back.

[neo_com_3]

Hi m8s...

Did you do anything finally?

I play mp3, but no audio cd so far...

I tried mplayer & xmms...

[John Galt]

Hi m8s...

Did you do anything finally?

I play mp3, but no audio cd so far...

I tried mplayer & xmms...

Same thing. The USB CDROM loads without a problem, but Zaurus sees it only as another storage device - in my case. I can play mp3s and I can play mpgs only because the CDROM is recognized as a storage - no CDs or DVDs.

Maybe someone has luck and could share their findings.


N.

[neo_com_3]

Hi m8s...

Did you do anything finally?

I play mp3, but no audio cd so far...

I tried mplayer & xmms...

Same thing. The USB CDROM loads without a problem, but Zaurus sees it only as another storage device - in my case. I can play mp3s and I can play mpgs only because the CDROM is recognized as a storage - no CDs or DVDs.

Maybe someone has luck and could share their findings.


N.

I know it is an old matter, but I found solution. I install Goobox - full, all packages - for pdaxrom. Well it is not working, but afterwards I try xmms and then It was possible for xmms to mount and recognize Audio CD!!! Well, when I insert an Audio CD and I inport it to my playlist, xmms goes on line and update all titles and plays like a charm...
Good luck!!!