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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.   (Command-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 op-
     tions provide complete control over the resolution  and  duration	of  sam-
     pling.

     Both  wavplay  and wavrec allow the audio device to be locked for exclusive
     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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