56 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
56 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
.TH CDPLAY 1
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.SH NAME
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cdplay \- play audio compact disks
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBcdplay\fP [ \-\fBa\fP]|[\-\fBr\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBCdplay\fP is an audio\-cdplayer it can be used interactively
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or non-interactively. With no flags \fBcdplay\fP is used interactively. When
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used interactively \fBcdplay\fP can be either in non-playing or playing mode.
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In non-playing mode you can select tracks to be played. In playing mode
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\fBcdplay\fP shows the track-time, remaining track-time, total-time and
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remaining total-time.
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\fBCdplay\fP assumes the drive to be at \fI/dev/cd0\fP.
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.PP
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During non-playing mode the following commands are available:
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.IP cursor-up/down
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browse through the track-list
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.IP spacebar
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add track to the play-list
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.IP backspace
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remove a track from the play-list
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.IP s
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start playing the tracks in the play-list. When the play-list is empty
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start playing from the current position in the track-list until the
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end of the cd
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.IP p
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play the track on the current position in the track-list
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.IP r
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play all tracks in a random order (shuffle play)
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.IP e
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exit cdplay
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.SH
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During playing mode the following commands are available:
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.IP s
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stop playing, return to non-playing mode
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.IP spacebar
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pause/resume current track
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.IP cursor-up/down
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skip to next/previous track
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.SH OPTIONS
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When one of these options is used \fBcdplay\fP does everything in the background.
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.IP \-a
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Play all tracks, \fBcdplay\fP tells the drive to play all tracks and then it
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immediately returns to the user
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.IP \-r
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Play all tracks in random order (shuffle play). \fBCdplay\fP forks of a new
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process which starts up a track, during that track it sleeps. When the track is
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finished it wakes up to start the next track and goes to sleep again. The
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parent process immediately returns to the user.
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.SH BUGS
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\fBCdplay\fP does not sense if a cd has changed, so don't switch cd's.
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If you want to play another cd you have to insert the new cd and start \fBcdplay\fP
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again.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Michel R. Prevenier (mrpreve@cs.vu.nl)
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