cdde.xml(5)

✨ cdde.xml — the manual page for section 5, bestie ✨

Okay so real quick: this is cdde.xml(5), the page about the configuration file for cdde. Yes, section 5, we're in file-formats territory, and honestly? It's giving cozy. Let's get into it. 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

cdde.xml — the configuration file for cdde, no cap.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea: the very first time you run cdde, it's gonna make you an example xml config file at ~/.cdde.xml. Like, it just does that. Here's exactly what it drops for you:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<cdde delay="5000000">
  <drive path="/dev/cdrom">
    <audio command="echo An audio cd was inserted."/>
    <data command="echo A data cd was inserted."/>
    <dvd command="echo A dvd was inserted."/>
    <vcd command="echo A vcd was inserted."/>
    <svcd command="echo A svcd was inserted."/>
    <blank command="echo A blank cdr/dvdr was inserted."/>
    <mixed command="echo A mixed (audio/data) cd was inserted."/>
  </drive>
</cdde>

Now. Ngl, this default file is not very useful — the author literally says "I suggest you to edit it to your needs before running cdde again." So bestie, please go edit it. 🫶

The good news? You can add as many drive entries as you want, and as many commands as you want. Literally go feral. And if there are multiple entries for a type of disc, all of them get run, in the order they're found. Order matters, so don't be chaotic about it. 💅

You can also pass the specific device in use to the command using one of these special tags:

• %dev% — gets replaced with the device name of the cdrom that just had a disc inserted
• %mnt% — gets replaced with the listed mount point for the cdrom that just had a disc inserted

Which means you can tell your video player which device to use when playing a VCD, for example. Iconic, honestly.

⚠️ Note: %mnt% is determined through your fstab file (usually located in /etc). If you do not have a listing for each <drive> in the fstab, this will cause problems. Not a vibe. Be careful. 😭

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🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

Here's an example of what a ~/.cdde.xml file can look like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<cdde delay="5000000">
  <drive path="/dev/cdroms/cdrom0"/>
    <audio command="xmms %mnt%"/>
    <data command="mount %mnt%"/>
    <dvd
     command="xterm -iconic -e mplayer -fs -xineramascreen 1 -dvd 1"/>
    <vcd
     command="xterm -iconic -e mplayer -fs -xineramascreen 1 -vcd 1"/>
    <svcd
     command="xterm -iconic -e mplayer -fs -xineramascreen 1 -vcd 1"/>
    <blank command="gcombust"/>
    <mixed command="mount %mnt%"/>
  </drive>
</cdde>

Look at that. A whole mood. 🔥

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💜 FILES 💜

• ~/.cdde.xml

That's it. That's the file. She's the main character.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• cdde(1)

Go read that one too, iykyk. ✨

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

The absolute legends who made this happen:

• Eric Lathrop <eric@ericlathrop.com>
• Stanislav Maslovski <stanislav.maslovski@gmail.com>

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🌐 WEBSITE 🌐

For the latest release of cdde, see:

http://cdde.sourceforge.net/

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Okay that's the whole page, bestie — you ate that. 💖 This lil manual was written by Eric Lathrop, it's version 0.3.1, and it belongs to the cdde.xml(5) family. Slay, go configure your drives, and remember: fstab first or it's over. 🎀✨