[How To] CD playback

[felix]

Hello. I wonder if anyone might be able to help me. And please excuse my very limited skills and understanding.

I am keen to get Cd player working, but I've been hitting my head on it for a few days now.

Where I am at is as follows:
- moOdeCDPlay-master is in the Pi directory
- within the install.sh I have removed everything from if to fi (prior to that I got an 'I'm sorry...' error
- Install appears to run to restart prompt

I then have two issues. I'm not sure whether separate or related:

1. Nothing happens with CD drive even on a good day
- On reboot (via ethernet connection) nothing happens when I put a CD into the drive
- With lsusb the drive shows
- It seems to be recognised at the end of a long list of stuff I don't undertsand if I run a dmseg command

2. Most days are not good days
- Following reboot I typically lose the pi from my network
- always on wi-fi
- often on ethernet too - and if not the first time often the second
- only way through I've found if a complete clean install

Any thoughts gratefully received - and please excuse the basic nature of my understanding here