CDDBGET(1) General Commands Manual CDDBGET(1)NAME
cddbget - gets CDDB info of a CD
SYNOPSIS
cddbget [options]
DESCRIPTION
The cddbget script can be used to get CDDB info of a CD. It can handle several output formats.
OPTIONS
no argument
gets CDDB info of CD in your drive
-c device (other than default device)
-o offline mode - just stores CD info
-d output in xmcd format
-s save in xmcd format
-i db. one of: mysql, pg, oracle, sqlite
-O overwrite file or db
-t output toc
-l output lame command
-f http mode (e.g. through firewalls)
-F some stateful firewalls/http proxies need additional newlines
-g get CDDB info for stored CDs
-I non interactive mode
-H CDDB hostname
-C use local cache
-R readonly cache
-G cache has not the diskid as filenames (much slower)
-P cache path (default: /tmp/xmcd)
-D put CDDB_get in debug mode
SEE ALSO CDDB_get(3pm).
AUTHOR
CDDB_get was written by Armin Obersteiner <armin@xos.net>.
This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
March 1, 2005 CDDBGET(1)
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CDDB_get(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation CDDB_get(3)NAME
CDDB - Read the CDDB entry for an audio CD in your drive
SYNOPSIS
use CDDB_get qw( get_cddb );
my %config;
# following variables just need to be declared if different from defaults
$config{CDDB_HOST}="freedb.freedb.org"; # set cddb host
$config{CDDB_PORT}=8880; # set cddb port
$config{CDDB_MODE}="cddb"; # set cddb mode: cddb or http
$config{CD_DEVICE}="/dev/cdrom"; # set cd device
# user interaction welcome?
$config{input}=1; # 1: ask user if more than one possibility
# 0: no user interaction
# get it on
my %cd=get_cddb(\%config);
unless(defined $cd{title}) {
die "no cddb entry found";
}
# do somthing with the results
print "artist: $cd{artist}
";
print "title: $cd{title}
";
print "category: $cd{cat}
";
print "cddbid: $cd{id}
";
print "trackno: $cd{tno}
";
my $n=1;
foreach my $i ( @{$cd{track}} ) {
print "track $n: $i
";
$n++;
}
DESCRIPTION
This module/script gets the CDDB info for an audio cd. You need LINUX, SUNOS or *BSD, a cdrom drive and an active internet connection in
order to do that.
INSTALLATION
Run "perl Makefile.pl" as usual. ("make", "make install" next)
LICENSE &; DISCLAIMER
This library is released under the same conditions as Perl, that is, either of the following:
a) the GNU General Public License Version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation,
b) the Artistic License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one.
You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program, in the file names "Copying"; if not, write
to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
If you use this library in a commercial enterprise, you are invited, but not required, to pay what you feel is a reasonable fee to the
author, who can be contacted at armin@xos.net
AUTHOR &; COPYRIGHT
(c) 2003 Armin Obersteiner <armin(at)xos(dot)net>
SEE ALSO perl(1), Linux: /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h, Solaris, *BSD: /usr/include/sys/cdio.h.
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