Best CD-ROM driver for old CD-ROMs in Win 2000?

[Eug]

The default driver for the Panasonic/Matsushita CF-584B refuses to work with audio. Data is fine. This is the second time I've installed Win 2000, with the same problem. It works fine in Windows 98.

 

[Eug]

Hmmm... Still can't play an audio CD but digital audio extraction works beautifully. Go figure. Come to think of it, my CD-ROMs at work with NT 4 never worked properly either for audio (2 different computers with 2 different drives) . I guess that the generic drivers for NT 4/5 just suck. :|

 

[Zach]

Since your CDROM audio aint working for two different installations, I bet it's something else. Actually, I wonder how much driver support is even needed.. Audio for CD's relies on the audio cable that goes from the CDROM to the sound card, and need the mixer for the sound card to have CD Audio enables and turned up. Got that cable?

 

[Eug]

Like I said, it runs fine in Win 98.

 

[Mojonba]

There is an option on Win2k & WinMe that you can mae sure Cdrom play the audio digitally without the need for an audio cable. It consumes a little cpu but it works ok and in theory it should also sound better since the conversion is done by the Cpu and not by a chip inside the cdplayer. To enable it go to the device manager and to the cd properties you'll se the checkbox there called "Enable digital audio playing" or soomething like that.

 

[BigToque]

Have you checked the volume control to see if anything is set to Mute?

 

[Eug]

<< To enable it go to the device manager and to the cd properties you'll se the checkbox there called &quot;Enable digital audio playing&quot; or soomething like that. >>

I had tried that but it has the same problem. Anyways, I am using the digital audio out, hooked up to my Sound Blaster, so the D/A converter is not a factor.


<< Have you checked the volume control to see if anything is set to Mute? >>



Actually guys, what happens is when I stick the disc in it spins up and either it doesn't recognize the disc or if it does recognize it, it doesn't play. Or sometimes it will just skip through the songs (with no audio), as if the disc is corrupted (which it isn't because I've been testing with many original CDs). Plus, the same discs work fine in Win 98 and with my CD-RW and DVD-ROM.

 

[Eug]

That's odd. 😕 Turning ON DMA (33) for that drive solved the problem. Now it works with both the enable-digital-audio method, and with the standard cable.

As an added bonus, Mojonba1, your post did make me turn on digital audio for my CD-RW. Works great!