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sndfile-play(1)

sndfile-play1

Play a sound file

Usage

sndfile-play file ...

Overview

sndfile-play plays one or more sound files on various operating systems using standard audio output APIs. The following table summarizes which audio API is used where:

Linux

ALSA or OSS

OpenBSD

sndio

FreeBSD

/dev/dsp (OSS)

NetBSD

/dev/audio

Solaris

/dev/audio

MacOSX 10.6

CoreAudio

MacOSX 10.7

AudioToolbox

Win32

waveOut

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 12 (Bookworm): the text shown here
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster) to Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

Authors

Erik de Castro Lopo ⟨[email protected]⟩

From libsndfile 1.2.2-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.