Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:08:34 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: m.hauber@mchsi.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Playing .au sound files Message-ID: <200409121508.34562.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200409120038.47662.m.hauber@mchsi.com> References: <200409121304.54335.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200409121344.00742.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200409120038.47662.m.hauber@mchsi.com>
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On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 02:08 pm, Mike Hauber wrote: > 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? > Extract From /sbin/dmesg:- pcm0: <VIA VT82C686A> port 0xd400-0xd403,0xd800-0xd803,0xdc00-0xdcff irq 10 at device 7.5 on pci0 pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9721/23 AC97 Codec> The play command is also all over in a flash. Malcolm
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