if you have problems palying audio cd's arch

Open up Vlc, Choose Media Open Disc; check radio button audio cd at disc selection; select the right hardware if you have more than one cd player attached.

Let audio cd's show up in Thunar:

Installation

It can be installed by running:

# pacman -S thunar-volman

Configuration

It can also be configured to execute certain actions when cameras and audio players are connected. After installing the plugin:

1. Launch Thunar and go to Edit -> Preferences
2. Under the 'Advanced' tab, check 'Enable Volume Management'
3. Click configure and check the following items:
   • Mount removable drives when hot-pluged.
   • Mount removable media when inserted.
4. Also make desired changes (see the example below)

Here's an example setting for making Amarok play an audio CD.

 Multimedia - Audio CDs: amarok --cdplay %d