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.TH ossplay 1 "31 January 2016" "" "OSS User Commands"
.SH NAME
\fBossplay \fP- Open Sound System playback program.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBossplay\fP [\fB-RWhlvq\fP] [\fB-S\fP \fIsecs\fP ] [ \fB-c\fP \fIchannels\fP ] [ \fB-d\fP \fIdevname\fP ]
      [ \fB-f\fP \fIfmtname\fP | ? ] [ \fB-g\fP \fIgain\fP ] [ \fB-o\fP \fIplaytarget\fP | ? ]
      [ \fB-s\fP \fIrate\fP ] \fIfilename\fP | - \.\.\.

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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBossplay\fP plays raw PCM, Microsoft RIFF (.wav), Sun ULaw (.au), Mac AIFF (.aif)
and other types of audio files. By default the application will try to
determine the audio file's format and play audio based on the stored
inforation about sample format, number of \fIchannels\fP and sampling \fIrate\fP.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
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\fB-v\fP
Verbose output. Multiple invocations increase the level
of verbosity.
.TP
.B
\fB-q\fP
Quiet (no information printed).
.TP
.B
\fB-l\fP
Loop playback indefinately.
.TP
.B
\fB-d\fP<\fIdevname\fP>
Select <\fIdevname\fP> as the device (eg \fB-d\fP/dev/dsp2).
.TP
.B
\fB-s\fP<\fIrate\fP>
Select the playback \fIrate\fP for raw PCM audio (eg \fB-s48000\fP).
.TP
.B
\fB-c\fP<\fIchannels\fP
Select the number of \fIchannels\fP 1=mono 2=stereo, 4, 6, 8, etc.
.TP
.B
\fB-f\fP<\fIfmtname\fP>
Select the input format (eg \fB-fU8\fP or \fB-fS16_BE\fP).
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.B
\fB-f\fP?
Prints the list of supported format names.
.TP
.B
\fB-o\fP<\fIplaytarget\fP>
Selects the play target name if the device supports multiple
play targets (such as front, rear, side). 
.TP
.B
\fB-o\fP?
Prints the list of available play targets.
.TP
.B
\fB-g\fP<\fIgain\fP>
Amplify all played samples by percentage given as argument. 
100 (default) means normal signal level, 200 means double level.
.TP
.B
\fB-W\fP
Treat all input as raw PCM data.
.TP
.B
\fB-R\fP
Disable redirection to virtual mixer engines and sample
\fIrate\fP/format conversions. Should not be used unless absolutely
necessary.
.TP
.B
\fB-S\fP<\fIsecs\fP>
Start playing at <\fIsecs\fP> seconds from start of file.
The argument can contain a fractional part (e.g. \fB-S1.2\fP)
.TP
.B
\fB-h\fP
Display usage information.
.SH INTERRUPT
Sending a SIGQUIT (Ctrl-\e in most terminals) will make \fBossplay\fP stop playing
the currently played file and skip to the next file.
.SH NOTES
The \fBossplay\fP executable is the same as the ossrecord executable.
Behaviour is decided by the name used to invoke the program.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBossrecord\fP(1), \fBossmix\fP(1), \fBossxmix\fP(1)
.SH FILES
/usr/bin/\fBossplay\fP
.SH AUTHOR
4Front Technologies