Two Arexx scripts facilitate the playing of audio cd's from within Directory opus 4.

Based on DOpusLHARexx2 by Geoff Seeley

CDDAHandler.rexx    : The Handler.  
ListCDDA.rexx       : The user interface.

Before continuing you will need 2 other programs.  These are

  YACDP version 1.2 or better

YACDP       by Frank Wurkner

  Both of these programs are available from Aminet in the disk/cdrom directory.


Installation:

1.  copy both files into your REXX: directory
      copy CDDAHandler.rexx ListCDDA.rexx to rexx:

2.  Set the script bits on them.
      protect s:CDDAHandler.rexx +s
      protect s:ListCDDA.rexx +s

3.  Add the line 
      run >nil: <nil: REXX:CDDAHandler.rexx
    To your s:user-startup file

4.  run Directory opus and enter the configuration program.

5.  Set up a button to run ListCDDA.rexx (See the opus4 manual for how to do this)
    Call it something like CDDA!

6.  Reboot you computer.

you will now be ready to try out the scripts.

Ensure YACDP is running. ( I start it in my wbstartup drawer with the cx_popup
tooltype set to no)

Load directory opus and insert an audio cd into you cdrom drive.

Click on your newly made CDDA button and wait a few seconds.  The selected directory
window will now contain a list of Audio tracks on the disk.  If this hasn't happend
click the CDDA button once or twice more as the CD may not have been recognised.

To play a track just double click it in Directory list!

Just for fun I have included some of the standard CD play functions in the list
which can be operated in the same way.


It also spots disks which have only data on them and displays an appropriate message.


TODO

Install script! (Is this really needed)
Parameters to set width of cd name and wheter to display time!

Far future

An audio cd device driver so directory listings of an audiocd would return
track numbers/track names from database and running them would play them!


Contacting the Author

Email until June 1995 as

CC062LL01@ntu.ac.uk

or by snail as
Laurie Lee
48 College St
Irthlingborough
Northants
NN9 5TX
England

Thanks go to:

Frank Wurkner               for YACDP
Geoff Seeley                for DOpusLHARexx2 on which this is loosely based!

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CDDAopus4 © Laurie Lee 1994/1995