[wplug] Beta testing, anyone?

[Hagbard Celine]

The one reference I saw to something called 'cdplay' (its release date was
sometime in July 1996) led me to believe that it was ncurses-based and didn't
work with all drives.  I wanted something with essentially *no* display that
would stand a chance of working with a 2.4 series kernel.  I've noticed
type-related problems when trying to build older packages on newer
kernels/C libraries...

I *did* see something called 'dcd', but it insisted on going on the network
every time I fired up a CD.  I didn't want that either.

Actually, this is less a search for a solution to a problem than getting my
C legs back, so to speak.

Hagbard
> 
> I've used 'cdp' and 'cdplay' since RH 5.0 days.  One is ncurses,
> (I think cdp) and the other is pure command line (start, stop).
> Are they still around?  Did they not work for you?
> Cool to write your own.
> 
> -- Rick
> 
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 01:35:01AM -0500, Hagbard Celine wrote:
> > 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).
> > 
> > Thanks for your time,
> > Hagbard
> > 
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