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.TH 1 "August 31, 2006" "OSS" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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ossplay - Open Sound System playback program.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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ossplay [-FRhlvq] [-S secs ] [ -c channels ] [ -d devname ]
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[ -f fmtname | ? ] [ -g gain ] [ -o playtarget | ? ]
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[ -s rate ] filename | - ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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ossplay plays raw PCM, Microsoft RIFF (.wav), Sun ULaw (.au), Mac AIFF (.aif)
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and other types of audio files. By default the application will try to
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determine the audio file's format and play audio based on the stored
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inforation about sample format, number of channels and sampling rate.
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.SH OPTIONS
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-v Verbose output. Multiple invocations increase the level
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of verbosity.
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-q Quiet (no information printed).
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-l Loop playback indefinately.
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-d<devname> Select <devname> as the device (eg -d/dev/dsp2).
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-s<rate> Select the playback rate for raw PCM audio (eg -s48000).
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-c<channels Select the number of channels 1=mono 2=stereo, 4, 6, 8, etc.
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-f<fmtname> Select the input format (eg -fU8 or -fS16_BE).
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-f? Prints the list of supported format names.
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-o<playtarget> Selects the play target name if the device supports multiple
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play targets (such as front, rear, side).
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-o? Prints the list of available play targets.
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-g<gain> Amplify all played samples by percentage given as argument.
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100 (default) means normal signal level, 200 means double level.
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-F Treat all input as raw PCM data.
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-R Disable redirection to virtual mixer engines and sample
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rate/format conversions. Should not be used unless absolutely
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necessary.
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-S<secs> Start playing at <secs> seconds from start of file.
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The argument can contain a fractional part (e.g. -S1.2)
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-h Display usage information.
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.SH INTERRUPT
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Sending a SIGQUIT (Ctrl-\\ in most terminals) will make ossplay stop playing
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the currently played file and skip to the next file.
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.SH NOTES
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The ossplay executable is the same as the ossrecord executable.
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Behaviour is decided by the name used to invoke the program.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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ossrecord(1), ossmix(1), ossxmix(1)
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.SH FILES
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/usr/bin/ossplay
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.SH AUTHOR
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4Front Technologies
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