---
name: "cdda-player"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcdio-utils"
version: "2.2.0-4.1~deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdda-player"
---

# cdda-player(1)

simple curses CD player

## NAME

cdda-player: - simple curses CD player

## DESCRIPTION

cdda-player is a simple curses CD player.  It can pick up artist, CD name and song title from CD-Text info on the CD or via CDDB.

usage: cdda-player \[options\] \[device\]

default for to search for a CD-ROM device with a CD-DA loaded

### These command line options available:

- **-h**

  print this help

- **-k**

  print key mapping

- **-a**

  start up in auto-mode

- **-v**

  verbose

### for non-interactive use (only one) of these:

- **-l**

  list tracks

- **-c**

  print cover (PostScript to stdout)

- **-C**

  close CD-ROM tray. If you use this option, a CD-ROM device name must be specified.

- **-p**

  play the whole CD

- **-t** n

  play track \>n\<

- **-t** a-b

  play all tracks between a and b (inclusive)

- **-L**

  set volume level

- **-s**

  stop playing

- **-S**

  list audio subchannel information

- **-e**

  eject cdrom

That's all. Oh, maybe a few words more about the auto-mode. This is the 'dont-touch-any-key' feature. You load a CD, player starts to play it, and when it is done it ejects the CD. Start it that way on a spare console and forget about it...

(c) 1997-98 Gerd Knorr \<kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de\> (c) 2005-2006, 2017 Rocky Bernstein \<rocky@gnu.org\>

cdda-player is a simple curses CD player.  It can pick up artist, CD name and song title from CD-Text info on the CD or via CDDB.

usage: cdda-player \[options\] \[device\]

default for to search for a CD-ROM device with a CD-DA loaded

### These command line options available:

- **-h**

  print this help

- **-k**

  print key mapping

- **-a**

  start up in auto-mode

- **-v**

  verbose

### for non-interactive use (only one) of these:

- **-l**

  list tracks

- **-c**

  print cover (PostScript to stdout)

- **-C**

  close CD-ROM tray. If you use this option, a CD-ROM device name must be specified.

- **-p**

  play the whole CD

- **-t** n

  play track \>n\<

- **-t** a-b

  play all tracks between a and b (inclusive)

- **-L**

  set volume level

- **-s**

  stop playing

- **-S**

  list audio subchannel information

- **-e**

  eject cdrom

That's all. Oh, maybe a few words more about the auto-mode. This is the 'dont-touch-any-key' feature. You load a CD, player starts to play it, and when it is done it ejects the CD. Start it that way on a spare console and forget about it...

(c) 1997-98 Gerd Knorr \<kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de\> (c) 2005-2006, 2017 Rocky Bernstein \<rocky@gnu.org\>