yplay(1)

NAME

yplay - Y sound system sound object playing

SYNTAX

yplay [options] <file1> [file2] ...

DESCRIPTION

Instructs the Y server to start playing the specified sound objects on file data on the Y server's VFS (virtual file system).

SOUND FILES

Specify one or more paths to sound object files on the Y server's VFS (the Virtual File System of the computer that the Y server is running on).

If the specified path to the sound object file data is not an absolute path then the sound object file will be searched through the Y server's defined sound paths.

To interrupt the play at any time, press ctrl+c.

OPTIONS

-m: Allow change Audio mode as needed (may cause sound objects played by other applications to be killed).

-s <samplerate>: Applied sample rate in Hz.

-r <n>: Repeat n times (-1 for infinate).

-vol <left> <right>: Specify volume coefficients, valid values are from 0.0 to 1.0 inclusive.

-v: Print verbose status messages.

--recorder <address:port>: Specify which Y server to connect to.

--help: Print help screen and exit.

RETURN VALUE

0: Success.

1: General error.

2: Cannot connect to Y server error.

3: Systems error.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

RECORDER: Specifies the Y server <address:port> to connect to. This is a fall back if the argument --recorder is not specified.

EXAMPLES

To play the sound object file /usr/share/sounds/info.wav on the Y server's machine, type:

# yplay /usr/share/sounds.info.wav

To play the same sound object file infinatly and verbosly, type:

# yplay -r -1 -v /usr/share/sounds.info.wav

To allow yplay to change the Audio values of the Y server to best match the given sound object file data, type:

# yplay -m /usr/share/sounds.info.wav

AUTHORS

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