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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  com-
	     ments.

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

     -f device
	     Specify  a  device, such as /dev/cd0.  Both absolute path and rela-
	     tive 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.

     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 minutes,
	     start_s,  in seconds and start_f (frame number) to the absolute ad-
	     dress 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.

     play [#start_block [length]]
	     Play starting from the logical block start_block using length logi-
	     cal 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  chan-
		     nels.

     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).  Spec-
	     ify "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 option.

     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 ports 15.1		 August 25, 2016		    CDCONTROL(1)

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