CDCONTROL(1)						    BSD 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 or acd0.

     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 or acd0.  Both absolute path and relative 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, and finally
	     /dev/acd0.

     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
	     address 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 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).  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
     /dev/mcd0
     /dev/acd0

HISTORY

     The cdcontrol command appeared in FreeBSD 2.1.

AUTHORS

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

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								   June 27, 2008							       BSD