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Subject: Re: Playing .au sound files
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On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Malcolm Kay wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 02:15 pm, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Malcolm Kay wrote:
> > > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 01:37 pm, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Malcolm Kay wrote:
> > >>> I'm looking for a command line utility to play .au
> > >>> sound files.
> > >>
> > >> It's just
> > >>
> > >> # play file.au
> > >
> > > Uli,
> > > I tried that too. But it is all over in a flash.
> > > (Just a plop).
> > > Can I be missing some sort of timing mechanism or
> > > perhaps some sort of setup on the sound devices.
> >
> > Can you try some different sound file?
> > play can play .mp3 or .wav , too.
> >
> No!
> I get responses such as:
>  % play \[08]\ Donovan\ -\ Mellow\ Yellow.mp3
>  play: [08] Donovan - Mellow Yellow.mp3: Unknown format.

you need an mp3 player to play mp3s... try mplayer in ports under audio

> Malcolm
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