Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:38:47 -0400 From: Mike Hauber <m.hauber@mchsi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Playing .au sound files Message-ID: <200409120038.47662.m.hauber@mchsi.com> In-Reply-To: <200409121344.00742.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200409121304.54335.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200409112342.12403.m.hauber@mchsi.com> <200409121344.00742.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Sunday 12 September 2004 12:14 am, Malcolm Kay proclaimed: > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 01:12 pm, Mike Hauber wrote: > > On Saturday 11 September 2004 11:34 pm, Malcolm Kay > > > > proclaimed: > > > I'm looking for a command line utility to play .au > > > sound files. > > > > > > Malcolm > > > > try the cat command... > > > > IE$ cat sound_file.au > /dev/audio > > Thanks Mike, > but I already tried that. Something comes out but it is > all over very quickly and nothing like I expect, or what > kaboodle puts out. > > % waveplay -B 8 -C 1 -S 8000 soundfile.au > sort of works but the quality is poor and it tries to > present the header as sound. > > Malcolm > Now I'm curious... What kind of sound card do you have (dmesg)? Which driver is the kernal using (pcm, sbc, gusc, or snd)? I ask because I've never experienced this. When you use the play command, is there a difference? Mike
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