rplay(1) [debian man page]

RPLAY(1)						      General Commands Manual							  RPLAY(1)

NAME

       rplay - play, pause, continue, and stop sounds

SYNOPSIS

       rplay [options] [sound ...]

DESCRIPTION

       rplay  is  client  that	communicates with rplayd to play, pause, continue, and stop sounds using both the RPLAY and RPTP protocols.  Sound
       files can be played by rplayd directly if available on the local system or sounds can be sent over the network using UDP or TCP/IP.   rplay
       will attempt to determine whether or not the server has the sound before using the network.

OPTIONS

       -b BYTES, --buffer-size=BYTES
	      Use of a buffer size of BYTES when playing sounds using RPTP flows.  The default is 8K.

       -c, --continue
	      Continue sounds.

       -n N, --count=N
	      Number of times to play the sound, default = 1.

       -N N, --list-count=N
	      Number of times to play all the sounds, default = 1.

       --list-name=NAME
	      Name this list NAME.  rplayd appends sounds with the same NAME into the same sound list -- it plays them sequentially.

       --help Display helpful information.

       -h HOST, --host=HOST, --hosts=HOST
	      Specify the rplay host, default = localhost.

       -i INFO, --info=INFO
	      Audio  information  for a sound file.  This option is intended to be used when sounds are read from standard input.  INFO must be of
	      the form:
		  `format,sample-rate,bits,channels,byte-order,offset' Examples: ulaw,8000,8,1,big-endian,0
			gsm,8000 Shorthand info is provided for  Sun's	audio  devices	using  the  following  options:  --info-amd,  --info-dbri,
	      --info-cs4231.  There's also: --info-ulaw and --info-gsm.

       -p, --pause
	      Pause sounds.

       --port=PORT
	      Use PORT instead of the default RPLAY/UDP or RPTP/TCP port.

       -P N, --priority=N
	      Play sounds at priority N (0 <= N <= 255), default = 0.

       -r, --random
	      Randomly choose one of the given sounds.

       --reset
	      Tell the server to reset itself.

       --rplay, --RPLAY
	      Force  the use of the RPLAY protocol.  The default protocol to be used is determined by checking whether or not the server has local
	      access to the specified sounds.  RPLAY is used when sounds are accessible, otherwise RPTP and possibly flows are used.   RPLAY  will
	      also be used when sound accessibility cannot be determined.

       --rptp, --RPTP
	      Force the use of the RPTP protocol.  See `--rplay' for more information about protocols.

       -R N, --sample-rate=N
	      Play sounds at sample rate N, default = 0.

       -s, --stop
	      Stop sounds.

       --version
	      Print the rplay version and exit.

       -v N, --volume=N
	      Play sounds at volume N (0 <= N <= 255), default = 127.

SEE ALSO

       rplayd(8), rptp(1)

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CFSNDSERV(6)							     cfsndserv							      CFSNDSERV(6)

NAME

       cfsndserv - crossfire client sound server

DESCRIPTION

       getzone adjusts and mixes sounds before playing them

USAGE

       getzone none - started automatically by crossfire client

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       ~/.crossfire/sndconfig can contain the following options:

       stereo
	 1 means stereo sound, 0 - mono

       bits
	 bitrate of generated sound - 8 or 16

       signed
	 if we should sent signed data to the soundcard. 1 means yes.

       frequency
	 speed of playing data. This should be 11025, or sound pitch will change

       buffers
	 how many buffers to allocate

       buflen
	 how big the buffers should be. buffers*buflen shouldn't be smaller than the longest sound to be played.

       simultaneously
	 home many sound can be played at the same time. When this setting is bigger, each sound volume will decrease.

HOW DOES IT WORK
?
       The sound server gets information about sounds to be played on standard input.

       The information is a line: <sound number> <sound type> <relative x> <relative y> All those numbers are hex.  The file ~/.crossfire/sounds
       contains description of sound numbers and types. For example:

       3 0 5 0

       Means that normal sound SOUND_FUMBLE spell should be played as it's source was5 units to the right of player.

       Sounds are mixed in special buffers, which are in fact one buffer, which should be big enough for the biggest sound to be played.

       The buffers, if contain anything, are sent one by one to the sound device. Each buffer is cleaned after playing.

       Sounds data is multiplied by some ratio (<1) evaluated from it's position and volume and added to the buffers, starting from the next after
       the one being played.

       So bigger buffer means bigger delay, before th sound is actually played, but the smaller buffer is, the bigger is possibility, we won't
       succeed filling the next buffer, before last is played.

SEE ALSO

       crossfire(1)

       http://crossfire.real-time.com

AUTHOR

	Jaakko Niemi put this page together for Debian packages by cutting
	and pasting from README file of crossfire-client.

3rd Berkeley Distribution					    2002-02-23							      CFSNDSERV(6)

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