The
cdcontrol
utility is a program to control audio features of a CD drive.
The device is a name such
as
cd0.
If no
command
is given, then
cdcontrol
enters an interactive mode, reading commands from the standard input.
The following options are available:
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| -s
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Silent mode.
Do not print table headers and human readable comments.
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| -v
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Verbose mode.
Print as much information as possible.
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| -f device
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Specify a device, such as
/dev/cd0.
Both absolute path and relative to
/dev
filename are possible.
The
-f
option overrides
CDROM.
If neither
CDROM
nor the
-f
option is specified,
cdcontrol
tries opening first
/dev/cdrom,
then
/dev/cd0.
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The available commands are listed below.
Only as many
characters as are required to uniquely identify a command
need be specified.
The word
play
can be omitted or the characters
+
and
-
can be used in the
place of
next
and
prev.
| play first_track [last_track]
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Play from track
first_track
to track
last_track.
The first track has number 1.
Can be omitted in all cases.
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| play
start_m :start_s .start_f
[end_m :end_s .end_f]
Play from the absolute address
(MSF) defined by
start_m
in minutes,
start_s,
in seconds and
start_f
(frame number) to the absolute address defined by
end_m
in minutes,
end_s,
in seconds and
end_f
(frame number).
Minutes are in the range 0-99.
Seconds are in the range 0-59.
Frame numbers are in the range 0-74.
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| play [#start_block [length]]
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Play starting from the logical block
start_block
using
length
logical blocks.
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| next [tracks]
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Skip forward a number of tracks (default 1).
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| prev [tracks]
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Skip backward a number of tracks (default 1).
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| pause
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Stop playing.
Do not stop the disc.
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| resume
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Resume playing.
Used after the
pause
command.
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| stop
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Stop the disc.
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| eject
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Eject the disc.
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| close
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Inject the disc.
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| volume
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Same as
status volume
command.
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| volume level
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Set the volume of both channels to
level.
Allowed values are in the range 0-255.
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| volume left_channel right_channel
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Set the volume of left channel to
left_channel
and the volume of right channel to
right_channel.
Allowed values are in the range 0-255.
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| volume mute
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Turn the sound off.
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| volume mono
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Set the mono mode.
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| volume stereo
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Set the stereo mode.
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| volume left
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Play the left subtrack on both left and right channels.
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| volume right
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Play the right subtrack on both left and right channels.
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| info
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Print the table of contents.
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| status [ audio | media | volume]
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Print the information about the disc:
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| audio
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the current playing status and position
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| media
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the current media catalog status
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| volume
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the current values of the volume for left and right channels.
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| cdid
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Display the serial number of the CD using the method used by the
CDDB
project
( http://www.cddb.org/).
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| help
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Print the list of available commands.
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| debug on
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Enable the debugging mode of the CD device driver.
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| debug off
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Disable the driver debugging mode.
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| reset
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Perform the hardware reset of the device.
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| set msf
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Set minute-second-frame ioctl mode (default).
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| set lba
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Set LBA ioctl mode.
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| speed s
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Set the highest speed that the drive should use for reading data.
The units are multiples of a single speed CDROM (150 KB/s).
Specify
"max"
to use the drive's fastest speed.
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| quit
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Quit the program.
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