[wplug] Beta testing, anyone?

Brandon Kuczenski brandon at 301south.net
Fri Feb 6 12:34:16 EST 2004


> I wanted a minimalist CD player for Linux, something that didn't require X,
> didn't go on the network, something that would start from the command line
> and get out of the way.  I couldn't find one for the life of me, so I wrote
> one.
> 
> If anyone would like such a player, there's a beta version (0.3) at
> 
> http://www.fnordnet.com/playcd
> 
> Just keep in mind that the uplink is a crappy 56K, so download won't be
> instantaneous.  Also, I don't have a stable of CD-ROM drives for testing
> purposes, so if your drive doesn't behave like mine (a TDK VeloCD), the
> player might go bufu on you (that, of course, is something I want to hear
> about).

I haven't looked at the software yet (at school right now) but I'd be 
happy to mirror your download page if you want - I have an underutilized 
symmetric 512k connection.

-Brandon

And I'll dl and install it as soon as I have a chance.




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