Cd-rom Controller

[mikeciz]

Has anyone ever tried controlling a PC CD-ROM using PicBasic? How hard would this be? I'm interested in being able to use it as a standalone CD-player. Most CD-ROMs have SPDIF outputs built in.

[LazuriBere]

If the CDRom has Play,Stop etc buttons,
You can use this buttons via PIC.
But software controlling may not be easy, I think.

[mikeciz]

Yeah, that would be the "duct tape" method of getting it to work. Unfortunately that would limit me to certain cd-roms, not to mention I want to also be able to display track number and time on an LCD display. The ATAPI specification reads like sanskrit. There's gotta be an algorithm out there somewhere. Anybody?

[mister_e]

http://www.ata-atapi.com/

that's not gonna be easy. Good Luck.