[SOLVED] Want to play Foreign Produced Music CD's in ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04

[Steve509]

Hey again guys, I found out that I was trying to play foreign produced music cd's (japan) and it just won't see the cd...any way around this problem? I've tried a number of the music players but nothing. Any suggestions?

steve509

[reed9]

It sounds like it might be the CD drive, not the OS. I assume other CDs are fine?

Insert one of the CDs and post the output of

dmesg | tail

[Steve509]

reed9, thanks for replying...here is the outcome of dmesg | tail:

steve@Steve:~$ dmesg | tail
[ 19.679578] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 19.679913] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 173.14.22 Sun Nov 8 20:26:31 PST 2009
[ 21.032943] agpgart-amd64 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.0 bridge
[ 21.032958] agpgart-amd64 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
[ 21.032985] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
[ 21.077898] usb 1-5: usbfs: interface 1 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
[ 21.922883] skge eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 21.923068] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 32.824013] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 81.160018] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -150265153 ns)

and again thanks

steve509

[reed9]

Well, there's nothing in dmesg indicating the disc is being recognized at all.

These are just music CDs? Do they play fine in other machines or CD players?

[Steve509]

I haven't played them in quite a while but the last time i did they worked just fine and some of the other CD's that also haven't been played but were produced here in the US play great with no problems at all.

[TaZMAniac]

This problem of yours has been bugging me since the original post.


I did a lot of research on audio Cd protection or possible region protection.
Nothing until 2000 and no region protection on audio Cd's at all. So this leads me to a few conclusions.

1) The disks are scratched or degraded. You say they were bought in Asia. It is highly possible that they are actually recorded bootlegs with original labeling instead of OEM pressed Cd's.

2) Your Cd's may have their tracks slightly out of alignment or your player laser may be slightly off causing it not to read these Cd's.

I would suggest trying them in a Cd player other then your PC's. My home DVD player can play audio Cd's. If yours can do the same you may want to try them in it.

The fact that your PC can play other audio Cd's and your dmesg log shows these are not recognized leads me to believe that there is a problem with the Cd and not your Linux install.

Good luck and hope you are enjoying your freedom with Linux.

[Steve509]

Great news, well at least for me , A got all my cd's and dvd's to work, I went out and bought a cd/dvd that was on clearance for 16 bucks and PRESTO!! it worked.
Thanks so much for all who have tried to help. It's great that all of you that know so much are here to help those that don't know but are learning.

steve509