Firstly, *thank you* to all who chimed in with analysis and
suggestions! This list is the best. I will present an update on
my efforts and a bit more data.
Update: I think it was Nicholas last night who mentioned the
'cdda://' type of URL. Today I noticed on mplayer's man page
this line:
mplayer [cdda|cddb]://track[-endtrack][:speed][/device]
[options]
I first tried 'mplayer cdda:///dev/cdrom' but apparently I did
not grasp the syntax of the suggested "[/device]", above:
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Playing cdda:///dev/cdrom.
++ WARN: Can't get file status for dev/cdrom:
No such file or directory
++ WARN: could not retrieve file info for `dev/cdrom': No such
file or directory
++ WARN: can't open nrg image file dev/cdrom for reading
Can't open CDDA device.
Failed to open cdda:///dev/cdrom.
--stop snip--
Then I tried 'mplayer cdda:// /dev/cdrom' and Mudville began to
experience some joy: Here comes the data.
--start-snip--
MPlayer2 2.0-728-g2c378c7-4+b1 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
Cannot open file '/home/bob/.mplayer/input.conf': No such file
or directory
Failed to open /home/bob/.mplayer/input.conf.
Cannot open file '/etc/mplayer/input.conf': No such file or
directory
Failed to open /etc/mplayer/input.conf.
Playing cdda://.
Found audio CD with 13 tracks.
CD-Text (CD):
Track 1
CD-Text (track):
Detected file format: rawaudio
Selected audio codec: Uncompressed PCM [pcm]
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1411.2 kbit/100.00% (ratio:
176400->176400)
AO: [pulse] Init failed: Connection refused
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...
A: 28.1 (28.1) of 3874.2 ( 1:04:34.1) 5.0%
--stop-snip--
I am listening to music; God is good.
The playback is jumpy, or skippy, anything but smooth and
continuous. My spidey sense tells me this might be a
configuration matter. That "2 bytes per sample," above, looks
suspicious. Any thoughts on remediation of this defect,
gentlemen?
Thanks,
--
Poobah
