esdsample(1) User Commands esdsample(1)NAMEesdsample - play a sample
SYNOPSISesdsample [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] sample‐
name
DESCRIPTION
The esdsample utility plays a sample using the Enlighted Sound Daemon
(esd).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s hostname:port Contact the esd server on hostname at port.
-b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit for‐
mat. By default, the output is in 16-bit for‐
mat.
-d Play the sample from file as raw data. The
default behavior is to read the data from a
sound file (.wav, .au, and so on). If this
option is chosen, samplename is the name of a
file.
-e Play the sample from the esd cache. If this
option is chosen, samplename is the name of
the sample in the cache.
-h Display help text, and exit.
-m Specify that the output should be in mono for‐
mat. By default, the output is in stereo for‐
mat.
-r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to
freq. By default, the output rate is set to
44.1 kHz.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
samplename The name of the sample to be played. If the -e
option is used, samplename is the esd cache
name. Otherwise, samplename is a filename.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Playing a sample from a file
example% esdsample generic.wav
Example 2: Playing a sample from the esd cache
example% esdsample-e esdctl:generic.wav
(where esdctl:generic.wav is the cache name)
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/esdsample Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound
sampler.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/gnome-audio │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOesdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1),
libesd(3), attributes(5)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.
SunOS 5.11 8 Jan 2003 esdsample(1)