CDPLAY(1)

NAME
cdplay - Audio CD player

SYNOPSIS
cdplay [device]

DESCRIPTION
cdplay is a program to control an audio CD player. The device is a name such as cd0 or mcd0.

If the device not specified, the environment variable CDPLAY will be used to find the cd device.

Currently supported commands are as follows:

play first_track last_track
    Play from track first_track to track last_track. The first track has number 1 play(1)

stop
    Stop playing. Do not stop the disc.

resume
    Resume playing. Used after the pause command.

stop
    Stop the disc.

eject
    Eject the disc.

setvol left_channel right_channel
    Set the volume of left channel to left_channel and the volume of right channel to right_channel. Allowed values are in the range 0-255.

getvol
    Print the current values of the volume for left and right channels.

msfplay start_m start_s start_f end_m end_s end_f
    Play from the absolute address (MSF) defined by start_m in minutes, start_s, in seconds and start_f (frame number) to the abolute address defined by end_m in minutes, end_s, in seconds and end_f (frame number). Minutes are in the range 0-99. Seconds are in the range 0-59. Frame numbers are in the range 0-74

status
    Print the status of the CD player. The first number has the following meaning:

    17 Audio play operation in progress
    18 Audio play operation paused
    19 Audio play operation successfully completed
    20 Audio play operation stopped due to error
    21 No current audio status to return

    The other numbers are the current MSF address (minute, second, frame)

tochdr
    Print the first and last track numbers and length.

tocentry
    Print the table of contents (TOC) of the disc on the form
    track-number minute second frame where and frame represent the absolute address of the track.
    The track numbered 255 gives the absolute address of the end of the disc.

quit
    Quit the program

FILES
/dev/rcd0c
/dev/rmcd0c

AUTHOR
Jean-Marc Zucconi

HISTORY
The cdplay command appeared in FreeBSD 2.0