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MAN Solaris - esdsample (1)

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esdsample - play a sample

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esdsample [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] samplename

The esdsample utility plays a sample using the Enlighted Sound Daemon (esd).

The following options are supported:

-s hostname:port Contact the esd server on hostname at port.

-b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit format. By default, the output is in 16-bit format.

-d Play the sample from file as raw data. The default behavior is to read the data from a sound file (.wav, .au, and so on). If this option is chosen, samplename is the name of a file.

-e Play the sample from the esd cache. If this option is chosen, samplename is the name of the sample in the cache.

-h Display help text, and exit.

-m Specify that the output should be in mono format. By default, the output is in stereo format.

-r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to freq. By default, the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz.

The following operands are supported:

samplename The name of the sample to be played. If the -e option is used, samplename is the esd cache name. Otherwise, samplename is a filename.

Example 1: Playing a sample from a file

example% esdsample generic.wav

Example 2: Playing a sample from the esd cache

example% esdsample -e esdctl:generic.wav

(where esdctl:generic.wav is the cache name)

The following exit values are returned:

0 Application exited successfully

>0 Application exited with failure

The following files are used by this application:

/usr/bin/esdsample Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound sampler.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWgnome-audio
Interface stability	Volatile

esdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)

Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.

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