.Dd December 25, 1999
.Dt WAVEPLAY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm waveplay
.Nd an audio player
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm waveplay
.Op Fl chrs
.Op Fl b Ar size
.Op Fl B Ar bits
.Op Fl C Ar channels
.Op Fl f Ar dev
.Op Fl S Ar rate
.Op Ar -
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility plays audio files.
The
.Ar file
operands are processed in command line order.
A single dash represents the standard input.
Supported formats are Windows RIFF WAVE format (only linear PCM)
and linear PCM raw format without header.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl b Ar size
Use an audio output buffer of
.Ar size
kbytes.
The default size is 2 kbytes.
.It Fl B Ar bits
Specify the number of bits per sample.
The default is 16.
.It Fl c
The audio data are written to standard output.
.It Fl C Ar channels
Specify the number of channels.
The default is 2 (stereo).
.It Fl f Ar dev
Specify the audio device to use.
The default is
.Pa /dev/dsp .
.It Fl h
Print a help message and exit.
.It Fl r
Treat an input file as raw format.
You can specify the sampling rate, the number of bits per sample,
and the number of channels with the
.Fl S ,
.Fl B ,
and
.Fl C
options, respectively, in which case the
.Fl r
option can be omitted.
.It Fl s
Silent mode.
Suppress messages.
.It Fl S Ar rate
Specify the sampling frequencey.
The default is 44100(Hz).
.El
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
command was written by
.An Yoshihide SONODA Aq yshd@na.rim.or.jp .