wine users - Feb 2009 - Getting CD music to work (Heroes of Might and Magic II)

I'm playing Heroes of Might and Magic II, and it's working as
expected--except that music from the CD will not play (all other sounds work
fine). This is an issue not experienced by other users, so I have some hope that
it can be solved; I'm just not sure how to do it, though. I hope someone can
give me a hint.

Heroes of Might and Magic II includes the CD music as audio CD tracks. This
means that you put the CD in your audio CD player, skip track 1, and listen to
the music. However, it also means that my Linux distribution (Ubuntu 8.10
Intrepid Ibex) mounts the CD as two separate parts: one for data and one for
audio.

Could this be the cause of the CD music not playing? If so, is there a way
around this?

Thanks in advance for any tips!

VictorGijsbers wrote:
> I'm playing Heroes of Might and Magic II, and it's working as
expected--except that music from the CD will not play (all other sounds work
fine). This is an issue not experienced by other users, so I have some hope that
it can be solved; I'm just not sure how to do it, though. I hope someone can
give me a hint.
> 
> Heroes of Might and Magic II includes the CD music as audio CD tracks. This
means that you put the CD in your audio CD player, skip track 1, and listen to
the music. However, it also means that my Linux distribution (Ubuntu 8.10
Intrepid Ibex) mounts the CD as two separate parts: one for data and one for
audio.
> 
> Could this be the cause of the CD music not playing? If so, is there a way
around this?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any tips!

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (1997), also has audio tracks along with the data
tracks.  Under Windows the cd audio plays fine, but under Wine, I don't
think the required functionality is implemented yet.

The problem has been solved in Wine 1.1.16. (Two days after I completedthe game!
;) ) I;m assuming that this line from the release notes has something to with
it:

> Support for digital CD audio playback.

Thanks you, Chris Robinson! :)