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WAVEPLAY(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual WAVEPLAY(1)

waveplay
an audio player

waveplay [-chrs] [-b size] [-B bits] [-C channels] [-f dev] [-S rate] [-] [file ...]

The waveplay utility plays audio files. The file operands are processed in command line order. A single dash represents the standard input. Supported formats are Windows RIFF WAVE format (only linear PCM) and linear PCM raw format without header.

The options are as follows:

size
Use an audio output buffer of size kbytes. The default size is 2 kbytes.
bits
Specify the number of bits per sample. The default is 16.
The audio data are written to standard output.
channels
Specify the number of channels. The default is 2 (stereo).
dev
Specify the audio device to use. The default is /dev/dsp.
Print a help message and exit.
Treat an input file as raw format. You can specify the sampling rate, the number of bits per sample, and the number of channels with the -S, -B, and -C options, respectively, in which case the -r option can be omitted.
Silent mode. Suppress messages.
rate
Specify the sampling frequencey. The default is 44100(Hz).

The waveplay command was written by Yoshihide SONODA ⟨yshd@na.rim.or.jp⟩.
December 25, 1999 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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