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
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−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.
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−r <n> |
Repeat n times (−1 for infinate). |
−vol <left> <right>
Specify volume coefficients, valid values are from 0.0 to 1.0 inclusive.
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−v |
Print verbose status messages. |
−−recorder <address:port>
Specify which Y server to connect to.
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−−help |
Print help screen and exit. |
RETURN VALUE
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0 |
Success. |
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1 |
General error. |
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2 |
Cannot connect to Y server error. |
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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
http://wolfpack.twu.net/contacts.html
SEE ALSO
YIFF home page
yiff(1) yaudiocd(1) yhost(1) ymixer(1) yrecinfo(1) yshutdown(1) yset(1)