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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Play sound Post 302787135 by wisecracker on Thursday 28th of March 2013 05:15:11 PM
Old 03-28-2013
Hi tukuyomi...

IIRC aplay is part of ALSA...
Never make assumptions unless stating them.
Macbook Pro, 13 inch, OSX 10.7.5...
Code:
Last login: Thu Mar 28 21:02:56 on ttys000
Barrys-MacBook-Pro:~ barrywalker$ aplay
-bash: aplay: command not found
Barrys-MacBook-Pro:~ barrywalker$

Alternatively...
Code:
Last login: Thu Mar 28 21:04:40 on ttys000
Barrys-MacBook-Pro:~ barrywalker$ afplay
Usage:
afplay [option...] audio_file

Options: (may appear before or after arguments)
  {-v | --volume} VOLUME
    set the volume for playback of the file
  {-h | --help}
    print help
  { --leaks}
    run leaks analysis
  {-t | --time} TIME
    play for TIME seconds
  {-r | --rate} RATE
    play at playback rate
  {-q | --rQuality} QUALITY
    set the quality used for rate-scaled playback (default is 0 - low quality, 1 - high quality)
  {-d | --debug}
    debug print output
Barrys-MacBook-Pro:~ barrywalker$

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EXAILE(1)							   User Commands							 EXAILE(1)

NAME
exaile - music manager and player DESCRIPTION
exaile [OPTION]... [URI] OPTIONS
Playback Options: -n, --next Play the next track -p, --prev Play the previous track -s, --stop Stop playback -a, --play Play -t, --play-pause Pause or resume playback --stop-after-current Stop playback after current track Collection Options: --add=LOCATION Add tracks from LOCATION to the collection Track Options: -q, --query Query player --gui-query Show a popup with data of the current track --get-title Print the title of current track --get-album Print the album of current track --get-artist Print the artist of current track --get-length Print the length of current track --set-rating=N Set rating for current track to N% --get-rating Get rating for current track --current-position Print the current playback position as time --current-progress Print the current playback progress as percentage Volume Options: -i N, --increase-vol=N Increases the volume by N% -l N, --decrease-vol=N Decreases the volume by N% -m, --toggle-mute Mutes or unmutes the volume --get-volume Print the current volume percentage Other Options: --new Start new instance -h, --help Show this help message and exit --version Show program's version number and exit. --start-minimized Start minimized (to tray, if possible) --toggle-visible Toggle visibility of the GUI (if possible) --safemode Start in safe mode - sometimes useful when you're running into problems --force-import Force import of old data from version 0.2.x (Overwrites current data) --no-import Do not import old data from version 0.2.x --start-anyway Make control options like --play start Exaile if it is not running Development/Debug Options: --datadir=DIRECTORY Set data directory --debug Show debugging output --eventdebug Enable debugging of xl.event. Generates LOTS of output --eventfilter=TYPE Limits event debug to output of TYPE --quiet Reduce level of output --startgui --no-dbus Disable D-Bus support --no-hal Disable HAL support. exaile 0.3.2.2 May 2012 EXAILE(1)
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