Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:44:56 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't access a music CD (or any other media now) Message-ID: <20111113044456.431cb4b2@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20111023192515.5c3da303@cox.net> References: <4E924B4D.4050801@centurytel.net> <20111010063740.GA23603@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4E92BF3C.8080807@centurytel.net> <20111010104450.GA28895@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4E9616FD.5080404@centurytel.net> <447h49yed0.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <4E9627A6.8000907@centurytel.net> <44vcrtohej.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20111013162524.GA75476@freebsd.org> <44wrc8iz09.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20111018195712.GA18773@freebsd.org> <4E9F7899.6070401@centurytel.net> <20111020051902.1d120865.freebsd@edvax.de> <20111023153829.216f1a49@cox.net> <20111023192515.5c3da303@cox.net>
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:25:15 -0500 "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:38:29 -0500 > "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@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 conrads@cox.net
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