[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux CD player recommendation

[Leroy Tennison]

Earlier I emailed about wanting to use both CD devices in my PC to play 
CDs (running CentOS 4.4 using KDE).  The (correct) answer was that KsCD 
pointed to a specific device and the suggestion was to try the Gnome CD 
player if I wanted to use the second CD device.  Having tried that and 
dealt with some issues it sort-of works.  I can play a CD with Gnome's 
CD player (gnome-cd 2.8) but:

   1. On startup it defaults to a data format.
   2. It plays only one track.
   3. There doesn't appear to be any way to configure it differently
   4. Help? - What help?

Before I invest a lot of time fighting with Gnome-cd or trying out who 
knows how many other alternatives before I find something acceptable, 
I'm looking for recommendations or advice from someone who's "been there 
- done that".


If Gnome-cd can be made to work where's the configuration file and what 
do i need to put in it?

Any recommendations of a CD player which can:

   1. Recognize the CD type or can be configured to default to a music
      CD (essential)
   2. Play all of the tracks automatically (essential)
   3. Can auto-start/play at CD insertion (highly desirable)
   4. Can check all CD devices for music CDs (would really be nice)
   5. Allows selection of tracks to play (would be really nice for those
      CDs which have "dog songs" mixed in with the goodies)
   6. Can auto-replay after the last song (nice to have)
   7. Can sing and dance at the same time (OK, OK, I'm pressing my
      luck... ;-) )

Thanks for any and all replies