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[zigbert]

This is a standalone cd-audio player.
The code could as well be used in other projects to include cd player feature.
It won't add ANY new dependencies since it uses only cdda2wav (icedax) and aplay.
The code is very simple (easy to understand) - it is only 4Kb.
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Sigmund Berglund


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pCD-1.5 (4 kb)

[Dingo]

tried on puppy 3.01 (2.6.21.7 kernel)

it shows an error:

[vovchik]

Dear Dingo and Zigbert,

This device setting worked for me in Puppy 3.01:

[zigbert]

does Puppy 3 include the cddb_query command. I think plinej first used it in his pcdripper. It is possible to use cdda2wav to read cddb info, but it is much slower than cddb_query.

vovchik
does it work to use /dev/cdrom. I could include an CD-player option, but the easiest would be to use /dev/cdrom. -like this

cdda2wav -Igeneric_scsi -D/dev/cdrom -t $CDDA -Owav - | aplay &

This works for me in Puppy 4.12 as well as

cdda2wav -t $CDDA -Owav - | aplay &


Sigmund

[vovchik]

Dear Sigmund,

Both methods you propose work for me under Puppy 3.01, as well as my own hard-coded one. I have a symlink in /dev from hdd to cdrom, and your second suggestion may be the best one, since it is not device-specific. I installed Plinej's package, so I have cddb_query on my system. It would be nice to get the raw cdda2wav data such as:

[zigbert]

[zigbert]

Version 0.2
See main post

Changelog
Bugfix: Detection of CD-drive
Bugfix: View blank list when no disc is detected.

[vovchik]

Dear Sigmund,

The device setting is now pretty universal. I hope we hear from some other users, too. About the length detection, it is not so much that I miss it, but without anything in the track list, I cannot play the tracks I might wish to hear by pointing at them, even if they have little useful information except for the track number and the duration. Right now I just get a blank box, so no selection by point-and-click is possible.

Good work so far, and thanks.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[zigbert]

Uploaded 0.2 once again.
It is now using /dev/cdrom. It failed for me without device setting

vovchik
It should show a complete list (track 1, 2, 3 ... ) even if no cddb is used. Please post the terminal output.


Sigmund

[vovchik]

Dear Sigmund,

The /dev/cdrom thing works for me. Nothing in the track list, however. This is the terminal output:

[alex12]

Will we see this in Puppy soon (once the bugs are out)?

[ecomoney]

Thats up to the council to decide, perhaps it is a bit late for 4.2.1 though. I hope when its tested it will, so K.I.S.S.!

Doe's it require the cd/dvd wizard to be ran first?

[zigbert]

All reports has been negative and from Puppy 3. Has anyone had trouble with this player in Puppy 4 ?

vovchik
It looks like something is different with bash in Puppy 3. Your output points to line 34 which contains:

while [ $NR != $TOTAL_NR ]; do

It seems to be wrong syntax in your system ???


Sigmund

[trio]

Sigmund

In 4.2 newer comp, more than 1 g celeron...very long reading disc until it plays...from terminal I see 0% ...1% ...2%...3%..etc

[vovchik]

Dear Sigmund,

I kept looking at line 34 of pcd last night and saw nothing wrong with it, so I don't understand. My bash is GNU bash, version 3.2.29(2)-release (i486-slackware-linux-gnu), which is pretty standard, and you have a perfectly normal "while" construction and test. I am scratching my head....

With kind regards,
vovchik