NAME
cdcd - Command Driven CD player
SYNOPSIS
cdcd [OPTION]... [COMMAND]
DESCRIPTION
cdcd allows control of a CD player either directly off of the command
line or in its own interactive query mode. Invoking cdcd without a
command will cause cdcd to enter query mode. Invoking cdcd with a
command will cause cdcd to execute that command and then terminate when
it is finished.
OPTIONS
--device DEVICE
-d DEVICE
Use DEVICE as the CD device. DEVICE is the device special file
name of the CD-ROM device. Do not use a Linux SCSI Generic
device.
USAGE
The following are the supported commands:
play [start track] [end track] [min:sec]
If start track is specified, play will play the specified track
instead of the first track. If end track is specified, the disc
will be played from the start track to the end track. start
track and end track may either be part of or an entire track
title. If a starting position is specified (in the form
min:sec), then the disc will begin playing the specified amount
of time into the specified track. One may specify a starting
position without specifying a start track or only specify a
start track and starting position while specifying no end track
stop This will stop the CD if it is playing.
open, eject
This will eject the CD-ROM tray
close This will close the CD-ROM tray
pause This will pause the CD if it is playing
resume This will cause a paused CD to resume playing
ff [min:sec]
This will fast-forward the CD 15 seconds by default, or the
specified amount of time
rew [min:sec]
This will rewind the CD 15 seconds by default, or the specified
amount of time
next This will advance the CD one track
prev This will return the CD to the previous track
getvol This will return the current volume settings
setvol [left front] [right front] [left rear] [right rear]
Sets the CD-ROM volume to the given settings. Most CD players
only support the front two channels
status Gives only numerical data regarding the CD’s status
info Gives disc name, artist, current track name, and disc positions
tracks Lists all tracks on the CD and their lengths
rndplay
Plays a random track
list Lists all CDs in a CD-ROM changer
slot Changes the current CD in the CD-ROM changer
edit [name, artist, genre, track no.] [value]
Edits information about the disc. You may specify name, artist,
genre, or the number of the track you wish to edit
ext [track no., disc]
This will display extended information about the disc. If no
parameter is given it will display information about the current
track. Specifying disc will display information for the disc
itself
refresh
This will connect to a server and retrieve information about the
CD even if there already exists information about it.
Otherwise, this is done automatically by any command that uses
disc/track names
device [device name]
This sets the CD-ROM device cdcd will use in future invocations
which don’t specify the -d option. cdcd stores this information
in your .cdcdrc file.
verbose [on, off]
This toggles whether cdcd will display everything that is
happening (e.g. when accessing a CDDB or CD Index server)
quit Exits cdcd
sites [refresh, display, add, delete, move]
This edits the server list. More specific help on each of the
commands is available by typing cdcd help sites
submit [e-mail address]
This will submit a CDDB entry to a CDDB server
access [local, remote, proxy]
Specifying local will cause CD information requests to return
Unknown for track, artist, and album titles, and will not
attempt to connect to any servers. remote will cause cdcd to
connect to a server whenever any CD information is required. If
you need to use a HTTP proxy, it may be specified in the form
proxy url, where url is the URL for your HTTP proxy
COMPLETION
cdcd uses traditional readline command and trackname completion. To
complete a command, simply hit ’tab’ when you have typed a partially
completed command. To complete a trackname, first type whatever
command you wish to pass a track name to (e.g. play, ext) and then
begin with a double quotation mark. Type the beginning of the track
name and then hit tab. The track name will be completed for you.
cdcd> pl<tab>
cdcd> play "See<tab>
cdcd> play "See You On The Other Side"
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <noon@users.sourceforge.net>