I don't know why this is so difficult, because mplayer can handle just about anything. Google searches turned up 2 commandline approaches, neither of which work on my system. I want to play track 12 on an audio CD, but for now I'll settle for anything. Here's option 1...
################################################################## [d531][waltdnes][~] mplayer cdda://12 MPlayer SVN-r37373 (Gentoo)-4.8.5 (C) 2000-2015 MPlayer Team Playing cdda://12. No stream found to handle url cdda://12 ################################################################## That didn't work. Option 2 finds the CD, but merely spits out a listing of the tracks, and exits... ################################################################## [d531][waltdnes][~] mplayer vcd://12 MPlayer SVN-r37373 (Gentoo)-4.8.5 (C) 2000-2015 MPlayer Team Playing vcd://12. track 01: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 00:02:00 mode: 0 track 02: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 02:15:07 mode: 0 track 03: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 04:43:35 mode: 0 track 04: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 06:58:50 mode: 0 track 05: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 08:52:48 mode: 0 track 06: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 11:02:00 mode: 0 track 07: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 13:33:00 mode: 0 track 08: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 15:50:00 mode: 0 track 09: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 17:53:55 mode: 0 track 10: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 20:07:30 mode: 0 track 11: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 22:00:17 mode: 0 track 12: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 24:30:15 mode: 0 track 13: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 26:55:43 mode: 0 track 14: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 29:13:68 mode: 0 track 15: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 31:28:66 mode: 0 track 16: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 33:20:11 mode: 0 track 17: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 35:26:31 mode: 0 track 18: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 37:32:69 mode: 0 track 19: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 40:02:31 mode: 0 track 20: adr=1 ctrl=0 format=2 42:05:71 mode: 0 ################################################################## Is it possible that I'm missing a necessary USE option for mplayer? [d531][waltdnes][~] emerge -pv mplayer These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-video/mplayer-1.2_pre20150214-r1::gentoo USE="X alsa cdio dvd dvdnav enca encode iconv jpeg libass network osdmenu png shm truetype x264 xscreensaver xv -a52 -aalib (-altivec) (-aqua) -bidi -bl -bluray -bs2b -cddb -cdparanoia -cpudetection -debug -dga -directfb -doc -dts -dv -dvb -faac -faad -fbcon -ftp -ggi -gif -gsm -ipv6 -jack -joystick -jpeg2k -ladspa -libcaca -libmpeg2 -lirc -live -lzo -mad -md5sum -mng -mp3 -nas -nut -openal -opengl -oss -pnm -pulseaudio -pvr -radio -rar -rtc -rtmp -samba -sdl (-selinux) -speex -tga -theora -toolame -tremor -twolame -unicode -v4l -vdpau (-vidix) -vorbis -xanim -xinerama -xvid -xvmc -zoran" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2 ssse3 -3dnow -3dnowext" VIDEO_CARDS="-mga -s3virge -tdfx" 0 KiB -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
