Newbie question: why is there no audio out on my SATA DVD burner?

[Pyramix]

Why is there no audio out on my SATA DVD burner? Is the sound carried over the SATA interface?

 

[Pyramix]

No takers?

 

[Vageetasjn]

Those things haven't been used for over a decade.

 

[Tristor]

The digital audio out on most CD rom drives is unused, so it's mostly pointless. The audio has been captured and processed in software for a long time.

 

[Synomenon]

Right, the 2-pin digital and what was the other one 3 or 4-pin analog audio connectors on optical drives aren't needed anymore since they can send the audio through the IDE or SATA cable. That's what someone else here told me long time ago when I asked this same question.

 

[Pyramix]

Thanks everyone.