How do i use Audiocd:\ in Konqueror

carl0ski · 02-03-2005, 08:14 PM

Quote:

KIO slaves are a much-touted, and oft under-appreciated, aspect of KDE. KIO slaves allow you to access a number of APIs as if they were Internet protocols in Konqueror. In the same way that you would attach http:// to a Web site's URL, you can access your configured devices by going to devices:// in Konqueror. You can find a list of the KIO slaves on your system in the Protocols section of KInfoCenter. A few you might appreciate are locate://, man://, settings://, and print://. The audiocd:/ KIO slave is especially well implemented. Visiting it with an audio CD in a drive presents you with a list of the files on the CD, any of which can be double-clicked to play. There will also be MP3 and Ogg Vorbis folders that you can simply copy to your hard drive to rip the CD to either format.

source http://software.newsforge.com/articl...22225&from=rss

but ican't get it to work

when i browse music cd's they appear blank/empty, and audiocd:/ goes straight to google search.

is there a required package im missing?
i have no Protocol for audiocd under
kinfocenter>Information>Protocols

thanks

P.S lq needs a plain KDE forum board

camorri · 02-04-2005, 09:48 AM

Well, call me a sucker for punishment. I tried it too, and spent some time trying to figure it out. Here is what I did. I had to type audiocd:/dev/cdrom to get it started. That showed the files. The CD I did this with is one I burned myself, not a comercial product. Not sure that matters. I saw some folders. They were : Dev by track information By title Ogg Vorbis plus track01.cda to track14.cda.

At that point Knoqueror didn't know what to do with a .cda file. (when I clicked it) I had to click Settings --> Configure Konqueror... and File Associations --> Audio. I did not have a listing for .cda so I added one, and told Konqueror to use Grip. I would guess you could use and program on your system that will play a .cda file.

So what happened is Konqqueror coppied the files to disk, launched grip, and played the files. In my opinion, why bother? Just launch your favorite CD player program and listen...

carl0ski · 02-04-2005, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by camorri
In my opinion, why bother? Just launch your favorite CD player program and listen...

As the audiocd:/ adds extra features

when browsing the audio cd in your drive (where the cda files are) 2 folders now exist
ogg and mp3

you can copy one or both thos virtual folders to your hdd and it will convert them to the appropriate file format

but thanks the quick fix worked

carl0ski · 02-23-2005, 12:35 AM

Install Kde-utils kde-multimedia and kde-toys and the ability
to insert a cd audio disc in your cd drive.

Type
audiocd:/ in the address bar and a you will see a bunch of folders on your cd.

including

By Name
Full Album
.WAV
.MP3
.OGG
Information

CDDB inforamtion is automatically added and you drag the folder to your hdd and it will convert the cd contents to the files within that folder

I wish i could add FAAC to the converted fie support