NAME

send_sound − play an audio file

SYNOPSIS

/opt/audio/bin/send_sound [-format_switch -server system -loop number -pri priority -srate rate -prate rate -stereo]

DESCRIPTION

This command plays an audio file.  send_sound is the command used when you double-click an audio file from the HP VUE File Manager.  The file begins playing, according to the settings of the Audio Control Panel. 

-format_switch is one these formats:

au Sun file format

snd NeXT file format

wav Microsoft RIFF Waveform file format

u MuLaw format

al ALaw

l16 linear 16-bit format

lo8 offset (unsigned) linear 8-bit format

l8 linear 8-bit format

If you omit the filename with this option, send_sound plays the audio data from stdin. 

-server system
plays the file on the output of an audio server identified by system which is either a system name or a TCP/IP address. 

-loop number plays the file the number of times you supply.  Note that you cannot use this option if the source is stdin; a filename is required. 

-pri priority plays file with the priority you supply, either urgent, hi, normal, or lo. 

-srate rate sets the sample rate of the source audio. 

-prate rate plays the audio file at the sampling rate you enter. 

-stereo plays a stereo file.  This option is needed only for a raw data file with stereo data. 

AUTHOR

send_sound was developed by HP. 
NeXT is a trademark of NeXT Computers, Inc.
Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

SEE ALSO

audio(5), asecure(1m), aserver(1m), attributes(1), convert(1). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 10.20:  July 1996