CDDAPLAY(1)

💿 NAME

okay so bestie, meet cddaplay — it plays compact discs to speakers 💖 like that's literally its whole thing and it does it gorgeously.

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✨ SYNOPSIS

cddaplay [OPTIONS]

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🎀 DESCRIPTION

cddaplay takes a CD-ROM device and plays its tracks to an available audio output device such as PulseAudio or the Open Sound System. no cap, that's the vibe. you hand it a disc, it hands you music 🎶

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🌸 OPTIONS

• -h, --help — shows you a list of options and then dips. very demure, very mindful.
• -I, --interactive — runs in interactive mode 🦋 this gives you a text-based GUI and lets you operate playback via keyboard and, on some terminals, mouse control. main character energy fr.
• -o, --output=SYSTEM — the output system to use, such as "PulseAudio" or "OSS".
• -c, --cdrom=CDROM — the CD-ROM device to play audio from.
• --shuffle — shuffles tracks randomly before playback 🔀 keeping it chaotic, as one does.
• -V, --verbose=VERBOSITY — The level of output to display. Choose between 'normal', 'quiet' and 'debug.

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🔍 CD LOOKUP OPTIONS

• --musicbrainz-server=HOSTNAME — the MusicBrainz server name to query for metadata.
• --musicbrainz-port=PORT — the MusicBrainz port to query for metadata.
• --no-musicbrainz — don't query MusicBrainz for metadata 🙈
• --freedb-server=HOSTNAME — the FreeDB server name to query for metadata.
• --freedb-port=PORT — the FreeDB port to query for metadata.
• --no-freedb — don't query FreeDB for metadata 🙈

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🎮 PLAYBACK CONTROLS

• b'N / n' b'-' b'next track'
• b'P / p' b'-' b'previous track'
• b'Space' b'-' b'pause (non-interactive mode only)'
• b'Esc / Q / q' b'-' b'quit'

bestie these are the keys, use them wisely 💅

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👀 SEE ALSO

audiotools-config(1), audiotools.cfg(5), cdda2track(1), cddainfo(1), coverdump(1), covertag(1), coverview(1), dvda2track(1), dvdainfo(1), track2cdda(1), track2track(1), trackcat(1), trackcmp(1), trackinfo(1), tracklength(1), tracklint(1), trackplay(1), trackrename(1), tracksplit(1), tracktag(1), trackverify(1)

like go read those too, the whole family is iconic 🌈

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👑

AUTHOR — Brian Langenberger

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and that's the whole page bestie ✨ this one dropped 2025-03-10 as part of the cddaplay(1) manual, section 1, filed under Play Compact Discs — so go play a disc, you ate 💖🎀🦋