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WAVPLAY(1)		    General Commands Manual		    WAVPLAY(1)

NAME
       wavplay,	wavrec - play and record WAV files

SYNOPSIS
       wavplay	[-h,--help]  [-q]  [-s rate] [-S] [-M] [-b bits] [-i] [-k ipc-
       key] [-R] [-l] [-u] [-L]	[-U] [-V,--version] [input-files]

       wavrec [-h,--help] [-q] [-s rate] [-S] [-M] [-b	bits]  [-t  secs]  [-k
       ipc-key]	[-R] [-l] [-u] [-L] [-U] [-V,--version]	[output-file]

DESCRIPTION
       wavplay	plays  a  WAV  format  file  to	 the  audio device (by default
       /dev/dsp	) reading WAV parameters from the input	 file  header.	 (Com-
       mand-line  options  will	override these defaults, if you	know better or
       for special effects.)

       wavrec samples the audio	device and writes a  WAV  file.	  Command-line
       options	provide	 complete  control over	the resolution and duration of
       sampling.

       Both wavplay and	wavrec allow the audio device to be locked for	exclu-
       sive access.

OPTIONS
       -h     print a short summary of options.

       --help same as -h.

       -q     quiet mode, suppress messages.

       -s rate
	      set sampling rate	in Hz.	The default is 8000 Hz.

       -S     set stereo mode (overrides -M).  This is the default.

       -M     set mono mode (overrides -S).

       -b bits
	      set the number of	bits per sample	(8/12/16).  The	default	is 16.

       -t secs
	      set time limit for recording.  The default is 10 seconds.

       -i     don't play, just display WAV file	header information.

       -k key specify  the IPC key for device-locking semaphores.  The default
	      is 0x33333333.

       -R     remove and recreate device-locking semaphores.

       -l     lock the audio device for	playing.

       -u     unlock the audio device for playing.

       -L     lock the audio device for	recording.

       -U     unlock the audio device for recording.

       -V     display version and copyright information.

       --version
	      same as -V.

BUGS
       wavplay will not	play files which contain SLNT or LIST chunks.

       Compressed formats are not currently supported.

AUTHOR
       wavplay was almost totally rewritten for	version	1.0 by Warren W.   Gay
       (ve3wwg@gmail.com)   replacing	earlier	  code	 by   Andre   Fuechsel
       (af1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de).  Erik de  Castro  Lopo  (erikd@zip.com.au)
       wrote  the  WAV	header	I/O routines.  This manual page	was written by
       Stephen Crane (jsc@cs.city.ac.uk).

DATE
       12 June 1997

								    WAVPLAY(1)

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