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>

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