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# Playing CDs with Grip

Grip functions as a full-featured CD player, as can be seen in Figure 1. Tracks can be selected by clicking on them with the left mouse button. Double-clicking will select the track, and begin playing it.

Figure 1. Grip as a CD Player

# CD Player Controls

Underneath the "LCD" display is a panel of buttons that allow you to control CD playing in Grip. These buttons function as follows:

- `Play/Pause` — Causes the selected track to play if it is stopped or paused. If a track is currently playing, it will go into pause mode.

- `Rewind` — While this button is held down, Grip will move backward in the currently playing track.

- `FastForward` — While this button is held down, Grip will more forward in the currently playing track.

- `Previous track` — If a track is currently playing near the beginning of a track, this will rewind to the beginning. Otherwise, it will skip to the previous track.

- `Next track` — This will skip to the next track.

- `Track Mode` — This brings up the track mode interface, described in the Section called Track Mode Selector.

- `Stop` — Stops track playback.

- `Eject` — Opens or closes the cdrom tray.

- `Scan disc contents` — Causes Grip to force a scan of the current CD as if it were just inserted (useful if you have polling for a new disc turned off).

- `Volume` — Toggles display of the volume control slider interface.

- `Track Edit` — This brings up the track editing interface described in ...

- `DiscDB` — This initiates lookup of the CD over the network, or aborts a disc lookup currently in progress.

- `Min/Max` — Toggles between the "full" and "cd-only" (shown in Figure 2) display modes.

  Figure 2. Grip in "cd-only" mode.

- `Quit` — Exits Grip.

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