aplay
Command-line sound player for ALSA soundcard driver. More information: https://manned.org/aplay.
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Play a specific file (sampling rate, bit depth, etc. will be automatically determined for the file format):
aplay {{path/to/file}}
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Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz:
aplay --duration={{10}} --rate={{2500}} {{path/to/file}}
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Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law
.au
file:
aplay --channels={{1}} --file-type {{raw}} --rate={{22050}} --format={{mu_law}} {{path/to/file}}
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