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23.3 Handling Audio CDs

There are many ways to listen to your favorite music tracks. Either play a CD or play
digitized versions of them. The following section features some CD player applications
as well as some applications that can be used for digitizing audio CDs.
For information about how to create your own CDs, refer to
and DVDs With K3b
IMPORTANT: CDDA and Analog CD Playback
There are two different ways of playing audio CDs. CD and DVD drives capable
of analog CD playback read the audio data and send it to the sound output
device. Some external drives connected via PCMCIA, FireWire, or USB need to
use CDDA (Compact Disk Digital Audio) to extract the audio data first then
play it as digital PCM. The players featured in the following sections do not
support CDDA. Use XMMS if you need CDDA support.
23.3.1 KsCD—Audio CD Player
KsCD is an easy-to-use audio CD player included in the kde4-kscd package. If it is
installed, press Alt + F2 and enter kscd to start the application. KsCD integrates into
your KDE panel and can be configured to start playing automatically after a CD has
been inserted. To access the configuration menu, select Extras > Configure KsCD.
Fetch album and track information from a CDDB server on the Internet if KsCD is
configured accordingly. You can also upload CDDB information to share it with others.
Use the CDDB dialog for information retrieval and upload.
Figure 23.3 The KsCD User Interface
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