bionic (1) dbcat.1.gz

NAME

       dbcat - Send audio data to DB Fourier Synthesis daemon

SYNOPSIS

       dbcat [options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  dbcat  tool  provides  a  simple means to feed dbfsd with audio data.  Both programs are part of the
       DBMix project, a digital audio mixing system.  dbcat takes input data from its standard input  only,  and
       is therefore usually used in a pipe with some other sound generating program.

OPTIONS

       -8     Input data comprises of PCM-coded 8bit unsigned samples.  (Default: 16bit signed samples.)

       -c n   Connect to channel n of dbfsd.  (Default: first channel available.)

       -d     Print out debug messages to console.  (Default: debugging disabled.)

       -h     Print summary of available options.

       -m     Input data is a mono stream.  (Default: interleaved stereo stream.)

       -r rate
              Input data is sampled at rate Hertz.  (Default: 44100Hz.)

       -v     Print version information.  (Default: no version information.)

       -S     Produce  an  endless  stream of blank audio data (silence).  Any input data is dropped.  This mode
              provides a dummy source useful for testing and debugging.  (Default: pass on input data.)

EXAMPLES

       mpg321 -s test.mp3 | dbcat
              Sends a 16bit/44.1kHz stereo audio stream decoded from test.mp3 off to dbfsd.

SEE ALSO

       dbin(1), dbfsd(1), dbmixer(1), dbmix(7).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Daniel Kobras <kobras@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux  system  (but
       may be used by others).  It is heavily based on DBMix's README file written by Robert Michael S Dean.

                                                 August 6, 2002                                         DBCAT(1)