/dev/sequencer??”Provides a low-level interface to MIDI, FM, and GUS. Under
Udev, these devices are symbolic links to /dev/sound/sequencer and /dev/sound/
sequencer1, respectively.
/dev/midi00??”Provides raw access to MIDI ports. Under Udev, raw access to MIDI ports
is handled by symbolic links to device-special files in /dev/snd named midiC[D0-9].
For example, /dev/midi00 would be a symbolic link to /dev/midiCD0.
For general information about sound in Linux, see the Sound-HOWTO (for tips about sound cards
and general sound issues) and the Sound-Playing-HOWTO (for tips on software for playing different
types of audio files). You can find Linux HOWTOs at www.tldp.org.
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Choosing an Audio CD Player
The GNOME CD player (gnome-cd) is the default CD player for many GNOME desktop systems.
It has standard play buttons and lets you get track information automatically from a CD database,
such as freedb.org. (If your CD isn??™t listed in the database, you can enter your own track information
manually.)
However, a variety of CD players come with Linux distributions or may be downloaded and
installed. Here is a cross-section of your other choices for playing CDs with Linux:
Rhythmbox (rhythmbox)??”Import and manage your CD collection with Rhythmbox
music management and playback software for GNOME.
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