ESDSAMPLE(1)         Enlightened Sound Daemon        ESDSAMPLE(1)


NAME
       esdsample - play a sample

SYNOPSIS
       esdsample  [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-m] [-r
       freq] samplename

DESCRIPTION
       The esdsample utility plays a sample using  the  Enlighted
       Sound Daemon (esd).

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -s hostname:portContact  the  esd  server  on  hostname at
                       port.



       -b              Specify that the output should be in 8-bit
                       format.  By  default,  the  output  is  in
                       16-bit format.



       -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
                       format.  By  default,  the  output  is  in
                       stereo format.



       -r freq         Specify that the output rate should be set
                       to  freq.  By  default, the output rate is
                       set to 44.1 kHz.





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ESDSAMPLE(1)         Enlightened Sound Daemon        ESDSAMPLE(1)


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



SEE ALSO
       esd(1),   esdcat(1),  esddsp(1),  esdloop(1),  esdplay(1),
       esd-config(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)





















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