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WAVPLAY(1)							    WAVPLAY(1)

NAME
       wavplay, wavrec - play and record WAV files

SYNOPSIS
       wavplay	[-h,--help]  [-q]  [-s rate] [-S] [-M] [-b bits] [-i] [-k ipc-
       key] [-R] [-l] [-u] [-L] [-U] [-V,--version] [input-files]

       wavrec [-h,--help] [-q] [-s rate] [-S] [-M] [-b	bits]  [-t  secs]  [-k
       ipc-key] [-R] [-l] [-u] [-L] [-U] [-V,--version] [output-file]

DESCRIPTION
       wavplay	plays  a  WAV  format  file  to	 the  audio device (by default
       /dev/dsp ) reading WAV parameters from the input	 file  header.	 (Com‐
       mand-line  options  will override these defaults, if you know better or
       for special effects.)

       wavrec samples the audio device and writes a  WAV  file.	  Command-line
       options	provide	 complete  control over the resolution and duration of
       sampling.

       Both wavplay and wavrec allow the audio device to be locked for	exclu‐
       sive access.

OPTIONS
       -h     print a short summary of options.

       --help same as -h.

       -q     quiet mode, suppress messages.

       -s rate
	      set sampling rate in Hz.	The default is 8000 Hz.

       -S     set stereo mode (overrides -M).  This is the default.

       -M     set mono mode (overrides -S).

       -b bits
	      set the number of bits per sample (8/12/16).  The default is 16.

       -t secs
	      set time limit for recording.  The default is 10 seconds.

       -i     don't play, just display WAV file header information.

       -k key specify  the IPC key for device-locking semaphores.  The default
	      is 0x33333333.

       -R     remove and recreate device-locking semaphores.

       -l     lock the audio device for playing.

       -u     unlock the audio device for playing.

       -L     lock the audio device for recording.

       -U     unlock the audio device for recording.

       -V     display version and copyright information.

       --version
	      same as -V.


BUGS
       wavplay will not play files which contain SLNT or LIST chunks.

       Compressed formats are not currently supported.

AUTHOR
       wavplay was almost totally rewritten for version 1.0 by Warren W.   Gay
       (wwg@ica.net) replacing earlier code by Andre Fuechsel (af1@irz.inf.tu-
       dresden.de).  Erik de Castro  Lopo  (erikd@zip.com.au)  wrote  the  WAV
       header  I/O  routines.	This  manual page was written by Stephen Crane
       (jsc@cs.city.ac.uk).

SEE ALSO
       xltwavplay(1)

DATE
       12 June 1997

								    WAVPLAY(1)

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