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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 01:41:13 -0700
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Elitetek <freebsd@tekrealm.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: how (to test sound)
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* Elitetek <freebsd@tekrealm.net> [000927 01:39] wrote:
> can i test a sound card from console? i know mixer, and that shows it should
> be working
> 
> but i remember there being a trick to pipe a wave file to the sound device
> to make it play
> 
> i know this is wrong, but i coulda sworn it was something like this:
> 
> more mysound.wav > /dev/pcm or /dev/snd0
> 
> but i know it wasnt the more command that did it
> 
> can anyone shed some like on this?

It's one of the /dev/dsp nodes.

alternatively install a port from the audio category.

Please use a more descriptive subject line in the future.

-Alfred


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