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play(1) General Commands Manual play(1) NAME
play - play any sound file to audio device rec - record audio to any sound file format SYNOPSIS
play [fopts] infile [effect] rec [fopts] outfile [effect] DESCRIPTION
This manual page briefly documents the play and rec commands. play and rec are programs that allow you to play and record different types of sound files from the command line. They are front ends to the more general sox(1) package. Normally, the play command will automatically detect the type and other parameters of the soundfile. If it can't do so, the parameters can be changed through options. OPTIONS
A summary of common options are included below. For a complete description of options and their values, see the sox(1) man page. -c [channels], --channels=[channels] Define the number of channels in the file. -d [device], --device=[device] Specify a different device to play the sound file to. -f [format], --format=[format] Specify bit format of the sample. One of s, u, U, A, a, or g. -r [rate], --rate=[rate] Specify the sample rate of the audio data (samples per second). -s [size], --size=[size] Specify the width of each sample. One of b, w, l, f, d, or D. -t [type], --type=[type] Specify audio file format to use. Useful if it can not be automatically determined. -v [volume], --volume=[volume] Change the audio volume -x , --xinu Reverse the byte order of the sample (only works with 16 and 32-bit data). -h, --help Show summary of options. --version Show version of play/rec. Description of effects are described in the sox(1) man page. SEE ALSO
sox(1) soxexam(1) AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Guenter Geiger <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. Updates by Anonymous. December 11, 2001 play(1)
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audiohd(7D) Devices audiohd(7D) NAME
audiohd - HD audio controller generic codec audio core support.. DESCRIPTION
The audiohd driver provides support for the generic codec chips which are compatible with the Intel High-Definition Audio Controller 1.0 specification. API
This interface is described in the mixer(7I) and audio(7I) manual pages. Driver Versions Applications that open /dev/audio may use the AUDIO_GETDEV ioctl(2) to determine which audio device is being used. The audiohd driver returns the string SUNW,audiohd in the name field of the audio_device structure. The version field contains a letter "a" and the config field contains the string onboard1. Platform Ver. Out H. Phone Spkr. In Mic. CD x86/64 w/MCP HD audio a Y Y Y Y Y Y Key to the above table: Ver. = Version. Out = Line Out. H. Phone = Head Phone. Spkr = Internal Speaker. In = Line In. Mic. = Microphone. CD = CD=ROM. The audiohd device provides support for the internal speaker, headphone, line out, line in, microphone and replicated front panel audio parts. The play.mod_ports and record.mod_ports fields of the audio_info structure (see audio(7I)) indicate which ports may be manipulated. Audio Mixer Mode This driver supports the mixer mode only. (Compat mode is not supported). Audio Data Formats The audiohd device supports 16-bit linear encodings in stereo. With the mixer enabled, a continuous range of sample rates from 5510 to 48000 Hz is supported. With the mixer disabled, only sample rate 48000 Hz is supported. Sample Granularity Because the audiohd device follows the Intel HD Audio specification, buffers of audio data are supplied by streams and the reported input and output sample counts vary at any given time from the actual sample count by no more than the size of the buffers the audiohd driver is transferring. As a rule, programs should not rely on the absolute accuracy of the play.samples and record.samples fields of the audio_info structure. Interrupt Rate The driver determines how often play and record interrupts should take place. For playing audio, this determines how often and how much audio is requested from the audio mixer. The impact of interrupts on recording is minimal. However, if a very small read buffer size is set, the record interrupt rate should be increased to prevent the buffer from overflowing. You can use the /kernel/drv/audiohd.conf file to tune the play and record interrupt rates. Audio Status Change Notification As described in the audio(7I) and mixer(7I) man pages, it is possible to request asynchronous notification of changes in the state of an audio device. ERRORS
audiohd errors are described in the audio(7I) man page. FILES
/dev/audio Symbolic link to the system's primary audio device. (Not necessarily an audiohd audio device). /dev/audioctl Control device for the primary audio device. /dev/sound/0 Represents the first audio device on the system. (Not necessarily an audiohd audio device). /dev/sound/0ctl Audio control for /dev/sound/0. /usr/share/audio/samples Audio sample files. /kernel/drv/audiohd.conf audiohd driver configuration file. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+--------------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Architecture |PC-based system | +--------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWaudd, SUNWauda | +--------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Stability level |Evolving | +--------------------+--------------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
mixerctl(1), sdtaudiocontrol(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5), audio(7I), mixer(7I), streamio(7I) Intel High-Definition Audio Specification 1.0. - Intel Corporation ALC880 Specification -- Realtek Inc. http://www.sun.com/io DIAGNOSTICS
In addition to being logged, the following messages may appear on the system console: init_state() play interrupt rate set too low The play interrupt rate in audiohd.conf is set too low. It has been reset to the rate specified in the message. Updateaudiohd.conf to a higher play interrupt rate. init_state() play interrupt rate set too high The play interrupt rate set in audio810.conf is set too high. It has been reset to the rate specified in the message. Updateau- diohd.conf to a lower play interrupt rate. init_state() record interrupt rate set too low The record interrupt rate inaudiohd.conf is set too low. It has been reset to the rate specified in the message. Update audio810.conf to a higher record interrupt rate. init_state() record interrupt rate set too high The record interrupt rate in audiohd.conf is set too high. It has been reset to the rate specified in the message. Updateaudiohd.conf to a lower record interrupt rate. SunOS 5.11 12 Sep 2008 audiohd(7D)