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Date:      Tue, 05 Nov 2002 01:30:42 +0000
From:      Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>
To:        "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Novice question about testing sound cards
Message-ID:  <3DC71F42.7070401@cream.org>
References:  <59715.1036443850@monkeys.com>

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Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>>>OK, I'm willing to give that a try, but what device should I can the .au
>>>file to?  Do I cat to /dev/dsp0 ?
>>
>>Yes, give it a try.
> 
> 
> I tried it, and nothing happened.  No sound came out.
> 
> I cat'd the file to /dev/dsp0.  Was that correct?

Sorry Ronald, I don't know what else to check from there. My advice 
would be to try an mp3 or other media player.

>>As I mentioned above, if you have MP3 files then try 
>>using a command-line mp3 decoder as well. They also use the /dev/dsp 
>>entries.
> 
> 
> OK.  I'll try that too.
> 
> Where can I pick up some short free MP3 files for testing?

I'm sure if you Google around, you will find something. That's how I 
found the .au file.


Sorry I can't be more help.

Andrew.


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