.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd July 3, 1995 .Dt CDCONTROL 1 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm cdcontrol .Nd compact disc control utility .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl sv .Op Fl f Ar device .Op Ar command ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Cdcontrol is a program to control audio features of a CD drive. The device is a name such as .Pa cd0 or .Pa mcd0 . .Pp If no command is given, then .Nm enters an interactive mode, reading commands from the standard input. .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl s Silent mode - do not print table headers and human readable comments. .It Fl v Verbose mode - print as much information as possible. .It Fl f Ar device Specify a device, such as .Pa /dev/cd0c or .Pa mcd0 . Both absolute path and relative to .Pa /dev filename are possible. Suffix `c' is added to the device name if needed. .El .Pp The available commands are listed below. Only as many characters as are required to uniquely identify a command need be specified. The word .Cm play can be omitted or the characters .Dq + and .Dq - can be used in the place of .Cm next and .Cm prev . .Bl -tag -width Cm .It Cm play Ar first_track Op Ar last_track Play from track .Ar first_track to track .Ar last_track . The first track has number 1. Can be omitted in all cases. .It Cm play Xo .Ar start_m : Ns Ar start_s . Ns Ar start_f .Oo Ar end_m : Ns Ar end_s . Ns .Ar end_f Oc .Xc Play from the absolute address (MSF) defined by .Ar start_m in minutes, .Ar start_s , in seconds and .Ar start_f (frame number) to the absolute address defined by .Ar end_m in minutes, .Ar end_s , in seconds and .Ar 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. .It Cm play Op Ar #start_block Op length Play starting from the logical block .Ar start_block using .Ar length logical blocks. .It Cm next Op Ar tracks Skip forward a number of tracks (default 1). .It Cm prev Op Ar tracks Skip backward a number of tracks (default 1). .It Cm pause Stop playing. Do not stop the disc. .It Cm resume Resume playing. Used after the .Em pause command. .It Cm stop Stop the disc. .It Cm eject Eject the disc. .It Cm close Inject the disc. .It Cm volume Ar left_channel Ar right_channel Set the volume of left channel to .Ar left_channel and the volume of right channel to .Ar right_channel . Allowed values are in the range 0-255. .It Cm volume Ar mute Turn the sound off. .It Cm volume Ar mono Set the mono mode. .It Cm volume Ar stereo Set the stereo mode. .It Cm volume Ar left Play the left subtrack on both left and right channels. .It Cm volume Ar right Play the right subtrack on both left and right channels. .It Cm info Print the table of contents. .It Cm status Xo .Op Ar audio | media | volume .Xc Print the information about the disc: .Pp .Bl -tag -width "volume" -compact .It Ar audio the current playing status and position .It Ar media the current media catalog status .It Ar volume the current values of the volume for left and right channels. .El .It Cm cdid Display the serial number of the cd using the method used by the cddb (http://www.cddb.org/) project. .It Cm help Print the list of available commands. .It Cm debug Ar on Enable the debugging mode of the CD device driver. .It Cm debug Ar off Disable the driver debugging mode. .It Cm reset Perform the hardware reset of the device. .It Cm set Ar msf Set minute-second-frame ioctl mode (default). .It Cm set Ar lba Set LBA ioctl mode. .It Cm quit Quit the program. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of .Nm : .Pp .Bl -tag -width CD_DRIVE -compact .It Ev CDROM The cd device to use if one isn't specified with the .Fl f flag. .Pp .It Ev CDPLAY .It Ev CD_DRIVE .It Ev DISC .It Ev MUSIC_CD These variables have been deprecated in favour of .Ev CDROM . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/mcd0c -compact .It Pa /dev/cd0c .It Pa /dev/mcd0c .It Pa /dev/acd0c .El .Sh AUTHORS .An Jean-Marc Zucconi , .An Andrey A.\ Chernov , .An Serge V.\ Vakulenko .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in .Fx 2.1 .