On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:25:15 -0500 "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conr...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:38:29 -0500 > "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conr...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > No, it seems that there's a severe level of "brokenness" that has > > been introduced into the source tree with regards to CD devices. > > I've been exploring this issue on my own system the last couple of > > days, and am no closer to arriving at a solution than when I first > > started. > > > > None of the CD-related apps I have installed are working. cdcontrol > > will read an audio CD OK, it seems, but playback is useless, since, > > like most newer machines, I have no direct connection between the CD > > drive and the audio device. > > > > Apps such as kscd, xmcd, etc. report no disc or no device found. > > grip (using cdparanoia) will detect an audio disc and even fetch the > > correct cddb info, but ripping fails completely. xmms reports "no > > appropriate ioctl for device". > > > > This is progress? > > OK, I've made a little headway here. At least, I've managed to get > cdrtools to work once again, after rebuilding/installing the port and > setting the default device to the SCSI address (1,0,0) of cd0 instead > of the device name. Grip is now working with cdda2wav. > Hallelujah! :-) > > Still can't seem to get plain old audio CD playback working with > anything, though. :-( > Ah-ha! After plowing through a ton of ports and docs tonight, I finally had a "Eureka!" moment. It seems that it's quite possible to fashion a "poor man's" CD player app (script) out of the following cdda2wav command options (got this example from the man page): cdda2wav -q -e -t4 -d0 -N In this case, "-t4" means to play track 4. Using "-B" instead, would play the whole disc. The command simply sends the data to the soundcard (/dev/dsp) as it's being ripped. In combination with a few other cdda2wav options to obtain the CDDB info for the disc, one could fairly easily whip up a little CD player script. I'm a man on a mission now! :-) I *will* be "rolling up my sleeves" and hacking together some shell code in the days to come. May even wind up submitting the finished product as a new port for the benefit of other folks out there still struggling to play their CDs since the CD infrastructure changed not too long ago. Light! I see light at the end of the tunnel! :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conr...@cox.net _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"