CD playing back spoiled

Hello, I have many CD from my personal colection that I want to play in my computer, however since I turn into Linux word I cannot do so without getting buffering stuck , listening to the songs cutted and interrumpted. This is since Linux Mint (cinnamon, mate) and now includes Zoring... I don't know if it a problem in my CD/DVD device or a buffering issue.

I didn't ask febore since most of times I listen to mp3, howeer whenever I try to play an orginal CD it is all trouble, with any software (this includes VCL , parole, clementine).

I have 2 Sound cards in my sistem but one of them isn't very linux fliendly , so that I am using the on board device, but the PCI sound device is still attached to the harware.

this is my computer

Code:

System:    Host: sil-MS-7529 Kernel: 4.13.0-39-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Zorin 12 xenial
Machine:   Mobo: MICRO-STAR model: G31TM-P21 (MS-7529) v: 1.0
           Bios: American Megatrends v: V4.7 date: 07/28/2010
CPU:       Dual core Pentium E5300 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10400
           clock speeds: max: 2603 MHz 1: 1268 MHz 2: 1816 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.5 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1360x768@60.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G33
           GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 VIA VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller
           driver: snd_ice1724 ports: ec00 e880 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-39-generic
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 610.2GB (48.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD400BB size: 40.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: SAMSUNG_HD322HJ size: 320.1GB
           ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: 2500BMV_External size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 29G used: 10G (38%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
           ID-2: /home size: 262G used: 92G (38%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.10GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb6
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 195 Uptime: 2:25 Memory: 2319.6/3936.0MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

The CD/DVD device isn't shown here aI don't know how to do it. So that I leave you a capture of Disks





Thank you for reading this.

Hi, take a look at this archived thread. I suspect your VIA card needs alsamixer to be installed. You need to look at the last post about assigning the alsamixer command to the second card. I would also advise adding 'sox' and if at all possible, removing pulse-audio - but before you do, can you install 'paman' - pulse audio manager to see if that improves things?

Hi thank you very much for your kind replay, could you please send me the link to the archived thread...I suspect you were about to paste and forgot it

I am also worried that my CD device isn't working well Don't know how to confirm that.

Alsa mixer is present in my computer. Right now my speakers are plugged in the Realtek on board Card, I am not using VIA because it doesn't work with 2 channels (I can only plug my speakers in it but not my headphones)

I also think it has something to do with buffering or memory stuff, take a look at these errors I got.

This is while trying to play CD's with "parole", before the disk it is mounted for shure , for what I have to mount and unmount, and open/close the device try.



This is trying to run a performance test from Disks



I edit again to say than took the chance and unisntalled pavucontrol and pulse audio, but then lost alsa-tray, when trying to intall "alsa-tray:
Depends: hal but it is not installable" ( I was able to install with Synaptics python-alsaaudio , python-notify).

paman didn't do anything..
sox seems to be an equalizer or something like that.

*off topic: regarding the tray notication it can be fixed her https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1987209

OK, here is the link for the soundcard issue:

https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index. ... 13743.html

my other thoughts regarding the CD Player - have you ever used one of these?:

https://www.cnet.com/products/allsop-la ... sk/prices/

Swarfendor437 wrote:OK, here is the link for the soundcard issue:

https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index. ... 13743.html

Thanks for your replay!! I will check this , however I must confess I acted like a crazy and installed sox, paman, uninstalled pulseaudio, pavucontrol, etc, etc, now my system is a mess, because I put my hands everywere, since alsamixer didn't show the sound icon in panel, and the "recipes" in ubuntu forum were difficult for me. So once I spoiled all the sound configuration, I had to install pulseaudio again with everything I encountered in the way within synaptics, now the sound icon doesn't activate by itself so I have to run in Terminal "pulseaudio" for it to work.

By the way the system is slow and browsers-mozila and chromium- are the worst. (Flash web sites are still giving me problems.. In Facebook case it doesn't show fully properly, takes a long time to load the page)

So all in all I am sad to say I have to reinstalled my OS

For all that matters Swarf I would like to add, that VIA PCI sound card isn't the one I am ussing since It is not linux friendly. I am intending to use my internal (on board) card.

[quote= my other thoughts regarding the CD Player - have you ever used one of these?:

https://www.cnet.com/products/allsop-la ... sk/prices/[/quote]

I have, but mostly I prefer opening my self the CD unit and cleaning it with a cotton stick.

Anyway from the forums I have read the problem regarding CD play back issue is long time ago dated in ubuntu, since pulseaudio came to life. (I think this is a big issue for programmers since most people are experiencing the same trouble)

OK, as it is the onboard card you would change the command from:

Code:

alsamixer -c 1

to

Code:

alsamixer -c 0

Also found this interesting thread on Pulse and ALSA:


https://askubuntu.com/questions/147981/ ... o-and-alsa

Hello,. Thanks for your reply, where do I run the commands you gave me above?

Anyway, in alsa mixer run in terminal if I press F6 I am able to change and select the sound cards.

Importan: I am no longer undr Zorin Litte, I have a fress instalation of Zoring Core (after all the mess I have done)

pcfan5 wrote:Hello,. Thanks for your reply, where do I run the commands you gave me above?

Anyway, in alsa mixer run in terminal if I press F6 I am able to change and select the sound cards.

Importan: I am no longer undr Zorin Litte, I have a fress instalation of Zoring Core (after all the mess I have done)

In a terminal.

Hi again. I think right now the problem isn't the sound cards, I keep thinking it is a buffering issue, I have the same issue under linux mint in another computer (a laptop). Today in my Desktop PC, where I am now under Zorin Core, CD's aren't even read by the CD devide. Which I also think isn't working properly. So here we have a combination of both issues. Buffering, which is always been a problem , for what I have read and what I deal with in my laptop, and CD device. To make it short , I would like to know if anyone else has problems playing CD under Zorin. Because since I am thinking my device isn't workin well and I don't have another to try I cannot say for sure.

Hi, I am running Zorin 12 Lite Ultimate 64-bit and Parole Media Player could not play a CD as it was having issues with cdda format? Install Clementine - you won't regret it.

Swarfendor437 wrote:Hi, I am running Zorin 12 Lite Ultimate 64-bit and Parole Media Player could not play a CD as it was having issues with cdda format? Install Clementine - you won't regret it.

Hi you are so kind!. . I remember Clementine , I have it in another computer under another distro.

Good News Regarding Parole and also Clementine. I am playing several CD (home made and originals) I am not experiencing buffering problems neither in playback nor in Gstreamer...this is after a fresh instalation, aplying latests updates and changing a sata cable (red cable) of possition in motherboard hardware.
I still don't know what has happened if this hardware cable changing has something to do. I also put the cleaning cd but that day it didn't even play. It is a mistery to me... right now there is no a single delay between tracks.

Thanks for the update pcfan5 - I will also check out Parole and see how it fares now.

Still getting parole error with gstreamer and cdda!:

Swarfendor437 wrote:..
Still getting parole error with gstreamer and cdda!:

will wait for your update about this, it is a mistery to me since I played original cd which are supposed to be in a data base ... I am kind in a move where everything is working perfectly and don't want to turn on my computer jajajaja

Even videos DVD's are fine!

About Parole my version is 0.8.1, I wonder if there is an update in my sistem that changed things... how can I give you that info?

hi pcfan5

followed with interest both us you observations/comments.
last version I could find is still

Code:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/xfce/parole.html

can thread been considered CLOSED now.

thanks for your participation to the Zorin forum.