You have an audio cd you want to listen, preferable through mpd?

This tip&trick will do just that:

Required:

• gmpc 0.16.95 or up

• mpd from git with this (one line) patch applied.

• gmpc-mserver cdplayer branch from git.

• Working gvfs setup (works on ubuntu 8.10)

If you have this all compiled and running in gmpc

• Go to Serve Music

• Click add files

• Select ‘Audio Disc’ in the left menu ‘places’

• Now you see the tracks on the cd as ‘Track 1.wav’ etc.

• select them all, press ok.

Now you can add these to the playlist and play. If mpd tries to play it you will hear the cd drive spin up.

Q

p.s. I noticed you need a good cd drive to have it worked, a slimdrive I use from time to time failed and produced a horrid sound.