This manual page briefly documents the
play and rec
commands.
play
and
rec
are programs that allow you to play and record different types of sound files
from the command line. They are front ends to the more general
sox(1)
package. Normally, the play command will automatically detect the
type and other parameters of the soundfile. If it can't do
so, the parameters can be changed through options.
OPTIONS
A summary of common options are included below.
For a complete description of options and their values, see
the
sox(1)
man page.
-c [channels], --channels=[channels]
Define the number of channels in the file.
-d [device], --device=[device]
Specify a different device to play the sound file to.
-f [format], --format=[format]
Specify bit format of the sample. One of s, u, U, A, a, or g.
-r [rate], --rate=[rate]
Specify the sample rate of the audio data (samples per second).
-s [size], --size=[size]
Specify the width of each sample. One of b, w, l, f, d, or D.
-t [type], --type=[type]
Specify audio file format to use. Useful if it can not be
automatically determined.
-v [volume], --volume=[volume]
Change the audio volume
-x , --xinu
Reverse the byte order of the sample (only works with 16 and 32-bit data).