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CDCONTROL(1)		    General Commands Manual		  CDCONTROL(1)

NAME
       cdcontrol -- compact disc control utility

SYNOPSIS
       cdcontrol [-sv] [-f device] [command ...]

DESCRIPTION
       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:

       -s      Silent  mode.   Do  not	print table headers and	human readable
	       comments.

       -v      Verbose mode.  Print as much information	as possible.

       -f device
	       Specify a device, such as /dev/cd0.   Both  absolute  path  and
	       relative	 to  /dev  filename are	possible.  The -f option over-
	       rides CDROM.  If	neither	CDROM nor the -f option	is  specified,
	       cdcontrol tries opening first /dev/cdrom, then /dev/cd0.

       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]
	       Play from track first_track to  track  last_track.   The	 first
	       track has number	1.  Can	be omitted in all cases.

       play start_m:start_s.start_f [end_m:end_s.end_f]
	       Play from the absolute address (MSF) defined by start_m in min-
	       utes, start_s, in seconds and start_f (frame number) to the ab-
	       solute  address	defined	by end_m in minutes, end_s, in seconds
	       and end_f (frame	number).  Minutes are in the range 0-99.  Sec-
	       onds are	in the range 0-59.  Frame numbers  are	in  the	 range
	       0-74.

       play [#start_block [length]]
	       Play  starting  from the	logical	block start_block using	length
	       logical blocks.

       next [tracks]
	       Skip forward a number of	tracks (default	1).

       prev [tracks]
	       Skip backward a number of tracks	(default 1).

       pause   Stop playing.  Do not stop the disc.

       resume  Resume playing.	Used after the pause command.

       stop    Stop the	disc.

       eject   Eject the disc.

       close   Inject the disc.

       volume  Same as status volume command.

       volume level
	       Set the volume of both channels to level.  Allowed  values  are
	       in the range 0-255.

       volume left_channel right_channel
	       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.

       volume mute
	       Turn the	sound off.

       volume mono
	       Set the mono mode.

       volume stereo
	       Set the stereo mode.

       volume left
	       Play the	left subtrack on both left and right channels.

       volume right
	       Play the	right subtrack on both left and	right channels.

       info    Print the table of contents.

       status [audio | media | volume]
	       Print the information about the disc:

	       audio   the current playing status and position
	       media   the current media catalog status
	       volume  the  current  values  of	 the volume for	left and right
		       channels.

       cdid    Display the serial number of the	CD using the  method  used  by
	       the CDDB	project	(http://www.cddb.org/).

       help    Print the list of available commands.

       debug on
	       Enable the debugging mode of the	CD device driver.

       debug off
	       Disable the driver debugging mode.

       reset   Perform the hardware reset of the device.

       set msf
	       Set minute-second-frame ioctl mode (default).

       set lba
	       Set LBA ioctl mode.

       speed s
	       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.

       quit    Quit the	program.

ENVIRONMENT
       The following environment variables affect the execution	of cdcontrol:

       CDROM	 The CD	device to use, if one is not specified with the	-f op-
		 tion.

       CDPLAY, CD_DRIVE, DISC, MUSIC_CD
		 These variables have been deprecated in favour	of CDROM.

FILES
       /dev/cd0

HISTORY
       The cdcontrol command appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.

AUTHORS
       Jean-Marc Zucconi
       Andrey A. Chernov
       Serge V.	Vakulenko

FreeBSD	14.3			August 25, 2016			  CDCONTROL(1)

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