Adding CD Rom drive not working

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#1

Hi,

I have a USB IBM Cd-rom drive (they are round discs that played music from 100 years ago, but I have a big collection). I have my virtuoso and selected the cd playback tab and obviously plugged it in to the volumio rpi 2b but its not starting or showing up. Is there anything else I need to do, and how would you normally press play, or would it just show up in the sources tab at the start UI?

Thanks, Tim

#2

Hi Tim, just tried the CD playback and it works here. I have a Pi4 but i suppose that yours should work as well. Are you sure that the drive is OK?
regards
Panos

#3

Hi Panos,

Thanks for the reply… Yes the drive is fine, tested on another pc. I also tried another USB cd drive, but the same, nothing.
I’m guessing its maybe the coding saying its not installed or something. I dont know if its like a PC and just shows up with plugged in(?). Or maybe it doesn’t work with a RPi2.
How do you access and command your cd drive from volumio, i guess it shows up in sources and has a play button etc?

Cheers, Tim

#4

Hi Tim, yes, it pops up after you insert a CD, shows together with the other sources

#5

Hi Tim,

is that USB CD drive powered by USB only?
If yes, it could be that your Raspi’s USB ports don’t provide sufficient power for THIS CD drive to operate correctly. I have seen this happening on various PI and USB-CD/DVD drives.

Depending on the USB drive, there are several options then to solve the issue.

Hope this helps (sorry if not!), cheers, Thomas