WAVEPLAY(1)

NAME
waveplay - an audio player

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

DESCRIPTION
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:

-b size
    Use an audio output buffer of size kbytes. The default size is 2 kbytes.

-B bits
    Specify the number of bits per sample. The default is 16.

-c  The audio data are written to standard output.

-C channels
    Specify the number of channels. The default is 2 (stereo).

-f dev
    Specify the audio device to use. The default is /dev/dsp.

-h  Print a help message and exit.

-r  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.

-s  Silent mode. Suppress messages.

-S rate
    Specify the sampling frequencey. The default is 44100(Hz).

AUTHORS
The waveplay command was written by Yoshihide SONODA <yshd@na.rim.or.jp>.