From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 12 06:16:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F62B16A4CE for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:16:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0458343D46 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:16:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.hauber@mchsi.com) Received: from [10.51.10.3] (12-219-204-133.client.mchsi.com[12.219.204.133]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with ESMTP id <20040912061612m920002m0ce>; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:16:12 +0000 From: Mike Hauber To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 02:15:01 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200409121304.54335.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200409120038.47662.m.hauber@mchsi.com> <200409121508.34562.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <200409121508.34562.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> X-Copyright: 2004, Michael C. Hauber. All rights reserved. X-Notice: Duplication, modification, and/or redistribution are prohibited without proper consent from the author. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409120215.01526.m.hauber@mchsi.com> Subject: Re: Playing .au sound files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: m.hauber@mchsi.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 06:16:13 -0000 On Sunday 12 September 2004 01:38 am, 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: port > 0xd400-0xd403,0xd800-0xd803,0xdc00-0xdcff irq 10 at > device 7.5 on pci0 pcm0: Codec> > > The play command is also all over in a flash. > > Malcolm > I have pretty close to the same chipset on my mo/bo. Are you sure it's not the au file itself? Do other files play the same way? Mike Mike