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Introduction.
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A number of programs have been written which access the Silicon
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Graphics CD-ROM player. These programs all use the interface defined
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in readcd.py (see readcd.doc for documentation).
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Specifying music stretches.
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The programs that are capable of reading music CD's all use the same
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syntax to describe which part of the CD is to be read. The syntax
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closely corresponds to the available methods in readcd.py.
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The music to be read is divided into stretches of music. Each stretch
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must be specified as a separate argument on the command line. A
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stretch can be a whole CD track, specified as a single number; or it
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can be a start time and a end time. The start and end times must be
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specified as a tuple, thus: ``(starttime, endtime)''. Don't forget to
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quote the parenthesis to the shell. Both starttime and endtime can be
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``None'', a simple number which refers to a CD track, or a tuple
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consisting of either 3 or 4 elements. A starttime of ``None'' refers
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to the start of the CD, an endtime of ``None'' refers to the end of
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the CD. A tuple of 3 elements is an absolute time on the CD. The
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three elements are (minutes, seconds, frames). A tuple of 4 elements
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is a track-relative time. The four elements are (track, minutes,
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seconds, frames).
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When one stretch ends at the end of a track and the following stretch
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starts at the next track, there is the option of either playing or not
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playing the pause between the two tracks. When either the end time of
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the first stretch or the start time of the second stretch is specified
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using absolute or track-relative times, the pause will not be played.
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When both times are specified as simple track numbers, the pause will
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be played.
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If no stretches are specified, the whole CD will be played.
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The programs.
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Currently, the following programs exist.
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playcd [ stretch specification ]
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Play (part of) a CD through the system loadspeaker or
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headphone set.
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cdaiff [ file [ stretch specification ] ]
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Copy (part of) a CD to a file. The file will be written in
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AIFF format. If no file is specified, cdaiff will write to
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the file ``@'' in the current directory.
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