Using Your CD Drive

Audio Control for the CD Drive

Audio Control for the CD Drive

In order to control the playing of audio CDs on your CD drive, you will need a third party “CD player” application. One such application that supports HP workstations is xmcd. This is a third-party “CD player” utility that runs on an X window system using the Motif graphical user interface. The xmcd utility is not supported by Hewlett-Packard. Since the xmcd utility is not a part of HP-UX, you will need to download it off the web using your web browser and this URL:

http://metalab.unc.edu/tkan/xmcd

Installing the xmcd Utility

Here is the procedure for downloading the xmcd utility to your system:

1.Log in as root.

2.Type the previously given URL into the entry box on your web browser and press Enter.

3.Select the menu item labeled Downloads found on the xmcd homepage.

4.Scroll down to the section “Select your platform:” on the Downloads web page and select the item labeled “HP-UX 9.x and later (HP PA-RISC).”

5.Wait for a few seconds for the Save As... pop-up window to appear. In this window, click in the Selection entry box and type the following path and file name:

/tmp/xmcdbin.tar.gz

Next, click the OK button. This completes the download of xmcd to your system.

6.Follow the instructions in the section “Instructions to unpack xmcd binary” found on this Binary Downloads web page. This will complete the installation of the xmcd utility.

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