esdplay(1) [sunos man page]
esdplay(1) User Commands esdplay(1) NAME
esdplay - play a sound file SYNOPSIS
esdplay [-h] [-s hostname:port] [-v] filename DESCRIPTION
The esdplay application plays a sound file using the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd). The input data is read from the specified filename. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -h Display help text, and exit. -s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port. You can also specify this option as follows: --server=hostname:port -v Display version information, and exit. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: filename Specify the filename from which the input data should be read. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Playing sound file "beep" example% esdplay beep EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfully >0 Application exited with failure FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/esdplay Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound player. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-audio | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
esdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3) NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. SunOS 5.10 8 Jan 2003 esdplay(1)
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esdmon(1) User Commands esdmon(1) NAME
esdmon - sound monitor using the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd) SYNOPSIS
esdmon [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] [filename] DESCRIPTION
The esdmon utility opens the esd socket and duplicates the stream being sent to the sound device. The input is read from stdin. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port. -b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit format. By default, the output is in 16-bit format. -h Display help text, and exit. -m Specify that the output should be in mono format. By default, the output is in stereo format. -r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to freq. By default, the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: filename Specify that the output should be written to filename. By default, the output is written to stdout. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Monitor sound from file "beep" example% esdmon < beep EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfully >0 Application exited with failure FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/esdmon Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound monitor. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-audio | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
esdcat(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3) NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. SunOS 5.10 8 Jan 2003 esdmon(1)