Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) I cannot play (or rip) Audio CDs. I can play and read DVDs and data CDs / DVDs. When I try to play an audio CD in VLC I get the following error:
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'cdda:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.This is the output from cd-info:
$ cd-info --no-cddb /dev/cdrom
cd-info version 0.83 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011 R. Bernstein
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
CD location : /dev/cdrom
CD driver name: GNU/Linux access mode: IOCTL
Vendor : ATAPI
Model : iHAS124 B
Revision : AL0H
Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD
Can eject : Yes
Can close tray : Yes
Can disable manual eject : Yes
Can select juke-box disc : No
Can set drive speed : No
Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes
Can hard reset device : Yes
Reading.... Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes Can read C2 Errors : Yes Can read IRSC : Yes Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes Can play audio : Yes Can read CD-DA : Yes Can read CD-R : Yes Can read CD-RW : Yes Can read DVD-ROM : Yes
Writing.... Can write CD-RW : Yes Can write DVD-R : Yes Can write DVD-RAM : Yes Can write DVD-RW : No Can write DVD+RW : No
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Disc mode is listed as: Error in getting information
++ WARN: error in ioctl CDROMREADTOCHDR: No medium found
cd-info: Can't get first track number. I give up.I have searched a lot of similar sounding problem reports on the internet but found no solution to this problem.
1 Answer
Fundamentally the audio CDs that I was trying to play are non-standard audio CDs and probably cannot be read by my combination of DVD-ROM and Linux software.
Specifically these CDs are "Filippa Giordano" and "il rosso amore" both published by Warner Music Europe. Eventually by chance I loaded "Con Amor a Mexico" published by Sony Music and to my astonishment it loaded and played automatically!
The murky background to this problem is explained on the following Wikipeda page: .
