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vbenares
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 Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:20 pm Post subject: TIWRLTD: 3 - Get XMMS to Play CDs |
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Things I would really like to do part 3
I know that it is possible to have XMMS play CDs, but I cannot do it. I have emerged xmms-cdread. I can configure the CD Audio Player plugin and when I hit "Check Drive . . . " up pops a dialog with the correct information about the CD drive and the CD in the drive. I just don't know how to tell XMMS to play the darn thing.
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Sefthuko
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| I tell it to play a directory, and then I choose /mnt/cdrom... works for me. |
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vbenares
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| Hmmm. Doesn't work for me. |
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upalom00
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Joined: 11 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:37 am Post subject: |
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did you read the documentation?
When I first started and tried XMMS, I was going crazy but it turned out I didn't follow the directions in the documentation correctly:
http://www.xmms.org/docs/readme.php
| Quote: | 3.6.1.1 Cd Audio Player
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Before I explain the usage we better have a look on the configuration
first.
Device tab
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Device:
Device
The actual device of your CD-ROM unit. On my system
I use /dev/cdrom which is a symlink to /dev/hdc.
Directory
This is where XMMS will "hijack" the filerequester and present
the content of the CD. On my system I have it set to
/mnt/cdrom, but if you're using some sort of automounter or
simmilar I suggest you change it to something like
/mnt/audio_cd and make sure the directory exists.
Play mode:
Analog
Analog playback requires that you have a cable connected
between the CD-ROM and the soundcard. Also it will not be
passed through any effect or visualization plugins.
Digital audio extraction
This allows XMMS to pass the sounddata through the effect and
visualization plugins.
Volume control:
This section is only active when you're using analog playback.
No mixer
You can't control the volume at all.
CDROM drive
The volume is controled directly on the CDROM, not all drives
support this though.
OSS mixer
The volume is controled through the OSS mixer
Check drive:
Makes a rudimentary check if everything is properly configured.
Remove drive:
If you have more than 1 drives configured this will remove the current
one.
Add drive:
If you have more than 1 drives on your system you can add another to
the plugin settings.
CD Info tab
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CDDB:
CDDB is used to get track information for your CD from a CDDB
compatible database.
You can set the enviroment variable "XMMS_CDDB_CLIENT_NAME" to change
how XMMS presents itself to the CDDB server. Default value is
"XMMS 1.2.8"
Use CDDB:
Enable CDDB use.
Show network window:
Will open up a window containing useful debug information when
XMMS tries to do a CDDB lookup.
Get server list:
Press this button to get a list of alternative servers from the
server you've configured below.
CDDB server:
The CDDB server XMMS will use, default is 'freedb.freedb.org'
Track names:
Override generic titles:
By enabling this, the plugin will ignore the 'Title' settings
from XMMS (section 3.5.6).
Name format:
Works as explained in section 3.5.6 but you only have 4
available variables.
%p = Performer/Artist %t = Track name
%a = Album %n = Track number
Using the CD Audio Player plugin
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Now to add your CDROM tracks to the playlist. Insert an audio cd into the
CDROM drive and press the Eject button. Go to the directory which you defined
earlier ( /mnt/cdrom ) and you should see a list of tracks. They will be named
Track XX.cda, select the tracks you want to play and press OK. If you had
choosed an Internet database and the CD exists in it, XMMS will now display
the tracks you have chosen with their names according to the 'Name format'
configuration.
Now, that wasn't hard now was it? |
Where it says press the "Eject" button ... .thats the Eject button on the application, not the actual eject on the cd drive itself. This tripped me up for a bit. |
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lemino
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| It all works out wery nicely for me, except for one thing: the track names doesn't automatically show up. I have CDDB enabled and it seems to work, but when I insert a CD and start to play it, only the first song appears with name, etc. The others will also show up, but not until you play them. Why is this? What shall I enable/disable to make things work? I don't have cdread installed, but that shouldn't make that much of a difference, right? What is the difference between them anyway? |
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lemino
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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I solved the problem, it was a human error. The problem above was caused by the fact that the settings for loading song titles was set to "play" in preferences->options->read info on:
When changed to "load", everything works just fine.
Still I would like no know which is to prefer, "mounting" the audioCD as a lib (/mnt/cdrom0) or using cdread. What is the difference? |
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