play(1) play(1) NAME play - play any sound file(1,n) to audio device rec - record audio to any sound file(1,n) format SYNOPSIS play [fopts] infile [effect] rec [fopts] outfile [effect] DESCRIPTION This manual page briefly documents the play and rec commands. play and rec are programs that allow you to play and record different types of sound files from the command line. They are front ends to the more general sox(1) package. Normally, the play command will automati- cally detect the type and other parameters of the soundfile. If it can't do so, the parameters can be changed through options. OPTIONS A summary of common options are included below. For a complete description of options and their values, see the sox(1) man(1,5,7) page. -c [channels], --channels=[channels] Define the number of channels in(1,8) the file. -d [device], --device=[device] Specify a different device to play the sound file(1,n) to. -f [format], --format=[format] Specify bit format of the sample. One of s, u, U, A, a, or g. -r [rate], --rate=[rate] Specify the sample rate of the audio data (samples per second). -s [size], --size=[size] Specify the width of each sample. One of b, w, l, f, d, or D. -t [type], --type=[type] Specify audio file(1,n) format to use. Useful if(3,n) it can not be auto- matically determined. -v [volume], --volume=[volume] Change the audio volume -x , --xinu Reverse the byte order of the sample (only works with 16 and 32-bit data). -h, --help Show summary of options. --version Show version(1,3,5) of play/rec. Description of effects are described in(1,8) the sox(1) man(1,5,7) page. SEE ALSO sox(1) soxexam(1) AUTHOR This manual page was written by Guenter Geiger <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. Updates by Anonymous. December 11, 2001 play(1)