cd-discid (1)
NAME
cd-discid - read CD and get CDDB discid information
SYNOPSIS
cd-discid
[
option...]
DESCRIPTION
In order to do CDDB queries over the Internet, you must know the DiscID of
the CD you are querying.
cd-discid
provides you with that information. It outputs the discid, the number of
tracks, the frame offset of all of the tracks, and the total length of the
CD in seconds, on one line in a space-delimited format.
cd-discid
was designed as a backend tool for cdgrab (now
abcde)
but will work independently of it.
OPTIONS
- --musicbrainz
-
Output a TOC that is suitable for calculating the MusicBrainz disc id.
- --help
-
Display a brief help message.
- --version
-
Show the version.
- devicename
-
CD-ROM block device name that contains the CD to be queried. If this option
is omitted, the following device name is assumed:
-
- /dev/cdrom
-
Linux and FreeBSD
- /dev/cd0a
-
OpenBSD and NetBSD
- /dev/vol/aliases/cdrom0
-
Solaris
- /dev/disk1
-
MacOS X
- /dev/cd0
-
Hurd
AUTHOR
Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>. Updates by Timur Bish <taem@linukz.org>.