CDDA manual

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S-cdda [v0.8.5, 2021-01-28] — access digital audio CDs (TOC, MCN, ISRC, CD-TEXT, audio tracks)

SYNOPSIS

s-cdda −h
s-cdda −L

s-cdda [−nv] [−d DEVICE] :−l LANGUAGE: −a
s-cdda [−nv] [−d DEVICE] −i
s-cdda [−nv] [−d DEVICE] −m
s-cdda [−nv] [−d DEVICE] [−t]
s-cdda [−nv] [−d DEVICE] :−l LANGUAGE: −x

s-cdda [−nv] [−d DEVICE] [−f NUMBER] −r NUMBER

TABLE OF CONTENTS
NAME[1]
SYNOPSIS[2]
TABLE OF CONTENTS[3]
DESCRIPTION[4]
Options[5]
EXAMPLES[6]
AUTHORS[7]

DESCRIPTION

s-cdda is a simple tool to query information, like table-of-contents, from audio CD-ROMs. It can also be used to read audio tracks, and store them as WAVE audio files. It only works with SCSI MMC-3 aware cdrom/drivers.

Options

−a

Dump all available informations.

−d DEVICE

Specify the CD-ROM DEVICE. If not given the environment variable CDROM is inspected, a system-dependent value (like /dev/cdrom) is used as a fallback.

−f NUMBER

Set maximum NUMBER of frames (data chunks) we read at once. 75 frames represent one second of CD-audio. The system-dependent default is 25 or 50, some systems cramp to a one second limit, devices impose their own limits. If reads fail frames are throttled until minimum is reached (shown in −v[19] erbose mode). Values in between 1 and 999 are accepted, inclusive.

−h

Show a brief usage summary.

−i

Dump International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) entries, if available on the CD-ROM and supported by the device. Quality of service: devices are known which do not find ISRC subchannel data: repeating the query may succeed. Is missing on many CD-ROMs.

−L

Show list of selectable CD-TEXT languages, then exit.

−l LANGUAGE

Add a language, case-insensitively, to the CD-TEXT filter. May be used multiple times in precedence order, the first available match will be used.

−m

Dump the MCN (Media Catalog Number), if available on the CD-ROM, and supported by the device. Quality of service: devices are known which do not find the MCN subchannel data: repeating the query may succeed. Is missing on many CD-ROMs.

−n

Do not perform sanity checks on data.

−r NUMBER

Read audio track NUMBER, and write it in WAVE format to standard output. Will refuse to write if standard output is a terminal.

−t

Dump table of contents; this is the default mode of operation. Outputs an audio-only, if available, and a complete table of contents in a format suitable as input to the sh(1)shell.

−v

Be more verbose, dump packets as they are encountered.

−x

Dump CD-TEXT information of the desired −l[14] anguage, if available on the CD-ROM, and supported by the device. Is missing on many CD-ROMs.

EXAMPLES

# Dump table of contents
$ s-cdda
# Ditto, show packet data
$ s-cdda -v

# Read track number 2 to track-2.wav
$ s-cdda -r 2 > track-2.wav

AUTHORS

Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu>