aplay

linux

Sound player for ALSA soundcard driver.

Options (6)

-d, --durationboolean

Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz

Example: aplay {{[-d|--duration]}} {{10}} {{[-r|--rate]}} {{2500}} {{path/to/file}}

-r, --rateboolean

Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz

Example: aplay {{[-d|--duration]}} {{10}} {{[-r|--rate]}} {{2500}} {{path/to/file}}

-c, --channelsboolean

Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law `.au` file

Example:

aplay {{[-c|--channels]}} {{1}} {{[-t|--file-type]}} {{raw}} {{[-r|--rate]}} {{22050}} {{[-f|--format]}} {{mu_law}} {{path/to/file}}

-t, --file-typeboolean

Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law `.au` file

Example:

aplay {{[-c|--channels]}} {{1}} {{[-t|--file-type]}} {{raw}} {{[-r|--rate]}} {{22050}} {{[-f|--format]}} {{mu_law}} {{path/to/file}}

-f, --formatboolean

Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law `.au` file

Example:

aplay {{[-c|--channels]}} {{1}} {{[-t|--file-type]}} {{raw}} {{[-r|--rate]}} {{22050}} {{[-f|--format]}} {{mu_law}} {{path/to/file}}

-l, --list-devicesboolean

List available audio devices

Example: aplay {{[-l|--list-devices]}}

Play a specific file (sampling rate, bit depth, etc. will be automatically determined for the file format)

aplay path/to/file

Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz

aplay [-d|--duration] 10 [-r|--rate] 2500 path/to/file

Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law `.au` file

aplay [-c|--channels] 1 [-t|--file-type] raw [-r|--rate] 22050 [-f|--format] mu_law path/to/file

List available audio devices

aplay [-l|--list-devices]