CD Tray

https://github.com/son-link/CD-Tray

Play your audio CDs directly from the system tray

© 2012-2023 Alfonso Saavedra "Son Link"

Under GPLv3 License

Install

From source code:

• Clone the repo, download the zip under Code -> Download ZIP or download the last release.
• Open a terminal and go to the project folder.
• Install the dependencies:

  • From PIP (with administration permissions): pip install -r requirements.txt

  • Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/MX Linux:

    • apt: apt install python3 python3-pip python3-pyqt5 python3-gst-1.0 python3-psuti, python3-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python3-gi
    • • If you use Pipewire install the package gstreamer1.0-pipewire

  • Arch Linux/Manjaro:

    • pacman: python-pip python-pyqt5 gstreamer gst-plugins-base python-psutil gst-python
    • If you use Pipewire install the package gst-plugin-pipewire

  • Copy the icon and desktop file:

    • All users:
      • install -m 644 bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.desktop /usr/share/applications
      • install -m 644 bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.svg /usr/share/icons/cdtray.svg
    • Current user:
      • cp bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
      • cp bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.svg ~/.icons/cdtray.svg

From Pypi:

pip install cdtray

• Copy the icon and desktop file:
  • All users:
    • install -m 644 bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.desktop /usr/share/applications
    • install -m 644 bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.svg /usr/share/icons/cdtray.svg
  • Current user:
    • cp bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
    • cp bin/io.sonlink.cdtray.svg ~/.icons/cdtray.svg

AUR:

If you use Arch Linux, Manjaro, or other Arch Linux base distributions, you can install the official package from AUR

For example: yay -S cdtray

Executables:

At the moment not available

Command line options:

• -d | --device : set the device to read the CD from (usually /dev/sr0 or /dev/cdrom)
• -f | --force : if another cdtray instance is running, kill it and start a new one