man play-sample (Commandes) - a utility to play raw files and wave files on your soundcard.

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play-sample - a utility to play raw files and wave files on your soundcard.

play-sample [options] filename

play-sample can be used to play the recorded samples with cdrom-record or record. It also playes all other non-compressed wave-files.

-c nr: The number of channels to use. This can be 1 for a mono and 2 for stereo. Will be overruled if wave-file is used.
-s freq. in Hz: The samplerate of the inputfile. This option is necessary if you play a sample or track recorded in raw mode in an other samplerate than your default. Common samplerates are: 8 kHz, 11.025, 12 kHz, 16 kHz, 22.050, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz.
-b 8 or 16: Force to play the sample in 8 or 16 bits per sample.
-f format: The input format is the type of file the data will was stored in. Possible formats are wav, pcm, cdr, ima3, ima4, ima5. The wave format is the default format and is not capable of reading additional information.
-A device: The device to use for dsp (default is /dev/dsp)
-q: To record a track without showing the remaining time counter during the recording.
-h: To display help on the available options.

Bart Warmerdam

bartw@xs4all.nl