DVD connection to sound card?

[Guest]

Should my DVDROM player be connected directly to my sound card by the 4 pin connecter? I haven't had it that way, without major problems. HOwever when playing music CD's sometimes its choppy and skips around. I thought maybe it was cuz I have a cheap sound card, but I'm not sure. I tried connecting the DVD-ROM directly to the sound card, and didn't try playing audio, but it did seem to hang when shutting down and have trouble booting occasionally, so I removed the connection and haven't had any problems.
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Crashman]

You should not be having these problems! Maybe something else was wrong at the same time-a coincidence. Normal method is to hook the 4-pin connector on the DVD-ROM to the 4-pin CD audio in connector on the sound card, via a standard 4-pin CD Audio Cable.

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[Guest]

The cable I'm using is 4 pin, but only has 3 wires, is this normal? Also hooking the cable up didn't solve the problem. However, I found in the hardware properties a check box to use digital audio was checked, i think unchecking the box may have solved the problem. I'll keep you guys updated.

 

[Crashman]

Yes, that is normal, since two of the wires are gound wires and common ground the company who made the cable decided to save $0.0005 per unit by using three-at that rate they may actually save themselves a few hundred dollars a year if they make a million of them!

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