CPAN does not seem to have any modules for playing CDs on Windows ME machines.
  1. Audio::Play can only play .au or .snd files
  2. AudioCD only supports MacPerl
  3. Audio::CD requires the use of a third-party library and provides a dead link to where the library is available.
  4. Win32::Sound only plays WAV files.

I am seeking a Perl module which can provide me with low level access to the audio tracks on a networked CD drive. I need such a module because the native Windows Media player will not play the .cda audio tracks on the networked CD. It sees them there, lists them, but gives a non-descript error when I attempt to play them.

It seems to me that the Perlish way to solve this problem would be to find a Perl module for playing audio CD tracks, dig deeply into the code, see where the module is failing, and fix the problem.

But I cannot attack the problem in a Perlish way, because there is no Perl CD Player module to get me started. Does anybody know of one?

In reply to Perl CD Player? by sierrathedog04

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