NAME

       ossplay - Open Sound System playback program.

SYNOPSIS

       ossplay [-RWhlvq] [-S secs ] [ -c channels ] [ -d devname ]
             [ -f fmtname | ? ] [ -g gain ] [ -o playtarget | ? ]
             [ -s rate ] filename | - ...

DESCRIPTION

       ossplay  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
       channels and sampling rate.

OPTIONS

       -v     Verbose output. Multiple invocations increase the level of verbosity.

       -q     Quiet (no information printed).

       -l     Loop playback indefinately.

       -d<devname>
              Select <devname> as the device (eg -d/dev/dsp2).

       -s<rate>
              Select the playback rate for raw PCM audio (eg -s48000).

       -c<channels
              Select the number of channels 1=mono 2=stereo, 4, 6, 8, etc.

       -f<fmtname>
              Select the input format (eg -fU8 or -fS16_BE).

       -f?    Prints the list of supported format names.

       -o<playtarget>
              Selects the play target name if the device supports multiple play targets (such  as
              front, rear, side).

       -o?    Prints the list of available play targets.

       -g<gain>
              Amplify  all  played  samples by percentage given as argument.  100 (default) means
              normal signal level, 200 means double level.

       -W     Treat all input as raw PCM data.

       -R     Disable redirection to virtual mixer engines and  sample  rate/format  conversions.
              Should not be used unless absolutely necessary.

       -S<secs>
              Start  playing  at  <secs>  seconds from start of file.  The argument can contain a
              fractional part (e.g. -S1.2)

       -h     Display usage information.

INTERRUPT

       Sending a SIGQUIT (Ctrl-\ in most terminals) will make ossplay stop playing the  currently
       played file and skip to the next file.

NOTES

       The  ossplay  executable is the same as the ossrecord executable.  Behaviour is decided by
       the name used to invoke the program.

SEE ALSO

       ossrecord(1), ossmix(1), ossxmix(1)

FILES

       /usr/bin/ossplay

AUTHOR

       4Front Technologies

                                         03 December 2013                              ossplay(1)