Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 00:46:44 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sound question (simple... really.) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980521004119.8744D-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518200532.5678A-100000@dreamer.dreamfire.net>
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On Mon, 18 May 1998, Sean-Paul Rees wrote:
> Can somebody recommend a program for playing a .au file? Or is
> FreeBSD shipped with one?
cat. cat filename.au > /dev/audio will work. If you want
something a bit more elegant try this.
#!/bin/sh
# showaudio usage `showaudio filename'
# echo wanting to show $1
type=`expr $1 : '.*\.\(.*\)'`
case $type in
au) cat $1 > /dev/audio ;;
wav) splay $1 2>&1 ;;
midi) timidity $1 ;;
mid) timidity $1 ;;
*) echo "don't know how to handle type $type for $1 .. sorry!" 1>&2 ;;
esac
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