> Is this something we can fix, and/or is there some other program I can
> use to play CDs by reading the digital data directly (short of
> explicitly ripping the CD and feeding the files to audioplay)?

Not sure about fixing kscd, but you should be able to play CD's with:

  cdda2wav -D /dev/cd0d -H -q - | audioplay -f -

(/dev/cd0c on some architectures).  cdda2wav is in the sysutils/cdrecord
package (sysutils/cdrtools in -current pkgsrc).  You can also specify a
-t argument for the tracks you want to play, e.g. -t 4+5.

I also tried cdparanoia, but it wasn't as good for this (occasional skips).

J

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