Subject: xmcd v1.2 CD Player
From: [email-masked] (Ti Kan)
Date: 31 Jul 1994 02:42:02 +0300
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

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			X M C D  version 1.2
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			     by Ti Kan

I am pleased to announce the release of xmcd version 1.2, a package
including xmcd, an X11/Motif-based CD player utility and cda, a command-
line driven, non-graphical CD audio player.   This software represents
many months of development and fine tuning, as well as a beta test
program involving many dedicated individuals around the world.

The source code of this version of xmcd and cda supports the following
operating systems environments:

	1.  Apple A/UX (on Apple Macintosh)
	    - A/UX version 3.0 or later
	      (with devscsi module installed)

	2.  Data General DG/UX (on DG Aviion)
	    - DG/UX version 5.4R3.00 or later

	3.  DEC OSF/1 (on DEC Alpha AXP)
	    - DEC OSF/1 version 1.3 or later

	4.  DEC Ultrix (on DECstation)
	    - DEC Ultrix version 4.3 or later
	      (with SCSI CAM installed)

	5.  Hewlett Packard HP-UX (on HP Series 700 PA-RISC)
	    - HP-UX Release 9.x or later

	6.  IBM AIX (on IBM RS/6000)
	    - AIX version 3.2.x

	7.  Linux (on Intel x86 PC-compatible)
	    - Linux SCSI kernel 0.99plxx or later with
	      XFree86 (X11R5) + Motif 1.2

	8.  SCO UNIX System V Release 3.2 (on Intel x86 PC-compatible)
	    - SCO Open Desktop Version 2.x (X11R4 or X11R5 server)
	    - SCO Open Desktop Version 3.x
	    - SCO UNIX 3.2v4.x with XFree86 (X11R5) + Motif 1.2

	9.  Silicon Graphics IRIX (on SGI)
	    - IRIX version 4.x
	    - IRIX version 5.x

	10. Stratus FTX System V Release 4 (on Stratus PA-RISC)
	    - FTX version 3.x

	11. SunOS (on Sun Sparc)
	    - SunOS 4.1.x / Solaris 1.x

	12. SunOS System V Release 4 (on Sun Sparc)
	    - SunOS 5.x / Solaris 2.x

	13. SunOS System V Release 4 (on Intel x86 PC-compatible)
	    - SunOS 5.x / Solaris 2.x

	14. UNIX System V Release 4.0 (on Intel x86 PC-compatible)
	    (Note: 4.0.3 or later recommended)
	    - AT&T
	    - Consensys
	    - Dell
	    - ESIX
	    - ISC
	    - Microport
	    - Micro Station Technology
	    - UHC
	    - USL

	15. UNIX System V Release 4.0 (on Motorola 88k)
	    - Motorola

	16. UNIX System V Release 4.2 (on Intel x86 PC-compatible)
	    - Consensys
	    - Information Foundation
	    - Novell/Univel UnixWare 1.x
	    - Onsite
	    - USL

	17. UNIX System V Release 4.2MP (on Intel x86 PC-compatible)
	    - Novell/USL UnixWare 2.x

This release of xmcd features the following:

	- Standard functions: Stop, Play, Pause, Next/Previous Track,
	  Next/Previous Index, Fast forward/rewind with audio sample,
	  Eject and On/off.
	- Direct track access keypad.
	- Volume control.
	- Track/Index/Time display: Selectable to display elapsed time,
	  remaining track time, or remaining disc time.
	- Status display: for current play status, A->B mode, program
	  mode, CD database.
	- Shuffle (random) play function.
	- Repeat function.
	- Sample function: Play a few seconds of each track.
	- A->B function: Repeat from selectable point A and B.
	- Eject inhibit function: To prevent someone from ejecting the
	  disc by pressing the button on the drive.
	- Track Program function: Play tracks in custom order.
	- CD database function: Allows you to store CD title/track titles
	  in database, and associate each disc with a play program.
	  Displays the current playing disc title/track information.
	  In addition, you can enter and display arbitrary text associated
	  with the disc or each track, such as band information, lyrics,
	  etc.
	- CD database entry send: Contribute CD database entries to
	  a central archive via Internet electronic mail.
	- Main window button face labels can be configured to display
	  pictorial symbols, or text with hotkey mnemonics.
	- The complete application can be operated via the keyboard with
	  full support for keyboard traversal and hotkeys.
	- All labels and messages can be customized to non-English
	  languages via X resources in the .Xdefaults file.
	- All colors and many other functionality are user-customizable
	  using X resource settings.
	- On-line help information.
	- Attractive, intuitive-to-use Motif user interface.
	- Device-specific configuration files to make xmcd adaptible
	  to various brands of CD-ROM drives.

This release of xmcd and cda should work with the following CD-ROM
drives:

	Apple CD SC+, CD-150, CD-300, CD-300i
	Chinon CDS-431, CDX-431, CDS-435, CDX-435, CDS-535, CDX-535
	Compaq CDU-561, CR-503BCQ
	DEC RRD42
	Hitachi CDR-1650S, CDR-1750S, CDR-1950S, CDR-3650, CDR-3750,
		CDR-6750
	IBM 7210-001
	NEC CDR-72, CDR-74, CDR-77, CDR-80, CDR-82, CDR-84, CDR-38,
		CDR-74-1, CDR-84-1, CDR-400 (Multispin 3X),
		CDR-500 (Multispin 3X), CDR-510 (Multispin 3X),
		CDR-600 (Multispin 3X), CDR-900 (4XPro)
	Pioneer DRM-600, DRM-600A, DRM-610, DRM-602X, DRM-604X,
		DRM-1804X
	Plextor/Texel DM-3024, DM-5024, DM-3028, DM-5028, 4Plex
	Procom CDT4-3X, CDT4-DS, CDT4-MX, CDT7-3X, CDT7-DS, DSP-DR0020,
		ICD-MX, MCD-DS, MCDN-3X, SICD-DS, SICDN-3X, SXCD-DS,
		SXCDN-3X
	Sony CDU-541, CDU-561, CDU-6111, CDU-6211, CDU-7211, CDU-7811,
		CDU-8002, CDU-8003, CDU-8003A, CDU-8012
	Sun CD-ROM
	Toshiba XM-3101, XM-3201, XM-3301, XM-3401, XM-4101, XM-8100
	Other SCSI-2 compliant CD-ROM drives

The source code release of xmcd/cda version 1.2 is available via
Internet anonymous FTP.  Location:

	(Instructions)
	ftp.x.org:/contrib/applications/xmcd/xmcd-1.2.README
	(gzip'd tar archive)
	ftp.x.org:/contrib/applications/xmcd/xmcd-1.2.tar.gz

An xmcd CD database is also available via FTP:

	(Instructions)
	ftp.x.org:/contrib/applications/xmcd/xmcd-cddb.README
	(gzip'd tar archive)
	ftp.x.org:/contrib/applications/xmcd/xmcd-cddb.tar.gz

Both packages require the "gunzip" (GNU unzip) utility to uncompress.
The source code to gzip/gunzip can be found on various FTP sites
(such as prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu).

This CD database is periodically updated with more entries, and you are
encouraged to contribute to this database by using the "Send" feature
in xmcd.

Binary releases of xmcd and cda for certain OS environments are also
available from the author.   Please write to "[email-masked]" for more
information.

Changes since previous release:

  CD-ROM drive support changes:
    - Fixed to really work with the Chinon CD-43x drives.
    - Add support for the Plextor 4Plex and the NEC CDR-900 (4xPro).

  OS Support changes:
    - Add support for Apple A/UX, Data General DG/UX and Stratus
      FTX SVR4/PA-RISC platforms.
    - Enhancements to the DEC OSF/1 and Ultrix error handling.
    - On Solaris 2.x platforms, added support for the -c, -X and
      -o options for full compatibility with the Solaris Volume
      Manager auto-start feature using the action_workman.so
      program.

  Misc changes:
    - Major source code tree re-organization into subdirectories.
    - "Makefile.std" files are added to the source code distribution.
      These can be used to build the source code on systems that do
      not have imake.
    - Added a new utility "cda" to the distribution.  This is a
      command-line driven (non-X) audio CD player.  The command
      interface makes it ideal as a script-driven player.
    - A new "Send" button is added to the xmcd CDDB/Program window.
      This allows users to send the CD database entry of the currently
      loaded CD to the xmcd CD database archive site.
    - The "Play Program" button in the CDDB/Program window has been
      deleted.  The main window "Play/Pause" button is used to
      start program playback instead.  This change also involves a
      few other minor program-mode related behavioral changes.
    - Many common configuration parameters have been moved from
      XMcd.ad into the new common.cfg file.
    - The device-specific configuration file has been renamed from
      dev.config to device.cfg.
    - Added two new device-specific parameters that can be set to
      suit user preferences: "playOnLoad" determines whether xmcd
      will auto-play a CD after loading, and "ejectOnDone" determines
      whether xmcd will automatically eject the CD after it's done
      playing.
    - The CD now does not spin down between tracks when using the
      prev-track or next-track buttons in shuffle and program modes.
    - Xmcd (and cda) no longer silently ignore the error if the
      common or device-specific configuration file cannot be opened.
    - Fixed a few obscure problems involving the use of various
      xmcd controls when the player is in shuffle or program mode
      and the playback is paused.
    - If a CD has multiple links in the database, xmcd no longer
      displays duplicate lines in the Link Selector list menu.
      Also, the list menu sorting is now case-insensitive.
    - All window sizes have been reduced to conserve screen space.
    - The XMcd*mainShowTrackTitle, XMcd*mainShowDiscTitle and
      XMcd*cddbTimeShowLength X resources have been removed.  The
      built-in behavior is equivalent to setting these to True.
    - The install.sh and configure.sh scripts now have error message
      logging capability.
    - A new makeshar.sh script is added to the distribution that
      makes shar format xmcd source code releases.
    - Security improvements: the uid and gid settings are forced to
      their original settings regardless of whether SETUID_ROOT is
      defined.
    - Other enhancements and cleanups.

-- 
    ///  Ti Kan                vorsprung durch technik
   ///   AMB Research Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
  ///    [email-masked]
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