hi all,
How do I set up my cdrom to play some regular audio cd (not cd-r or cd-rw). I know that my cdrom has been mounted as it does pop up the file manager if I put in, e.g., the office52 cd.
Thanks in advance.
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a working answer.
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esdsample
esdsample(1) User Commands esdsample(1)NAME
esdsample - play a sample
SYNOPSIS
esdsample [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] samplename
DESCRIPTION
The esdsample utility plays a sample using the Enlighted Sound Daemon (esd).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port.
-b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit format. By default, the output is in 16-bit format.
-d Play the sample from file as raw data. The default behavior is to read the data from a sound file (.wav, .au, and so on).
If this option is chosen, samplename is the name of a file.
-e Play the sample from the esd cache. If this option is chosen, samplename is the name of the sample in the cache.
-h Display help text, and exit.
-m Specify that the output should be in mono format. By default, the output is in stereo format.
-r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to freq. By default, the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
samplename The name of the sample to be played. If the -e option is used, samplename is the esd cache name. Otherwise, samplename is
a filename.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Playing a sample from a file
example% esdsample generic.wav
Example 2: Playing a sample from the esd cache
example% esdsample -e esdctl:generic.wav
(where esdctl:generic.wav is the cache name)
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/esdsample Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound sampler.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-audio |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO esdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 8 Jan 2003 esdsample(1)