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Date:      Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:59:54 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Dave Ason <dgason@mindspring.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CD Player?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980828115510.1799A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35E6C545.546A11FF@mindspring.com>

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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Dave Ason wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>    I just installed xcdplayer. I have a CD-ROM drive located at
>/dev/wcd0c
>    What is the trick to getting xcdplayer to play music CD's?
>
>    I have tried using the -device parameter, but for whatever reason,
>xcdplayer generates errors either:
>"ioctl(cdromplaymsftrk): Input/output error" or
>"/dev/wcd0c: Permission denied" if I don't run xcdplayer as root
>
>    What is the trick to getting xcdplayer to work?
>    What I really want is to be able to enjoy music cd's and if there is
>a easier to use progam than xcdplayer, I'm all for it

Try the GUI xmcd and it's curses counterpart cda.

Xmcd has an added cool feature that automatically fetches a CD description
and play list via HTTP. Very cool.

Catchya Later,		|	UW Mechanical Engineering
Jason Wells		|	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/


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