I don't see the pty issue now that I am back to my main box, must just be that one laptop or setup.
Updated to 2.7.0, with cddb entry correct. Also, noted in the info file is vorbis-tools.tcz as well as libvorbis.tcz to encode with ogg.
I built cdplay and dcd, neither work with sound, so I am not as concerned over the default players. That could be left to cd and audio playing apps as ripperx is mainly focused on ripping and encoding. But if anyone builds a working cdplay, it would be beneficial to have as it is tiny as well as the default cd player for ripperx.