Can't play audio CD's

Hello,
So I know that cdcontrol does not work for playing audio CDs.

I tried already

Code:
cdcontrol -f /dev/cd0 play 1
and nothing happened. BTW maybe that should be removed from handbook ?

I can use VLCL:

Code:
vlc cdda:///dev/cd0

but I wonder if there is any alternative for that ? mplayer nor mpv does not work.
 
Any error logs/messages? Keep in mind that there are two ways of playing CDs, either using the analogue output (legacy) or processing the audio data.
I suspect this is exactly the problem here. cdcontrol directly controls the drive, which then sends the analog audio signal through its 4-pin line-out connector. Those are often not connected in newer PCs or many newer drives don't even have an analog output any more (or just a headphone jack on the front).

All other tools mentioned read the actual data from the disc and send it to the sound card. I.e. they don't rely on the line out of the disk drive.
 
Sure, what version of FreeBSD do you run and could you share the full command you ran? I'd also like to know what optical drive you used (mainly how it's connected)
 
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