yplay(1) Y sound system sound object playing

SYNTAX

yplay [options] <file1> [file2] ...

DESCRIPTION

Instructs the Y server to start playing the specified sound objects on file data on the Y server's VFS (virtual file system).

SOUND FILES

Specify one or more paths to sound object files on the Y server's VFS (the Virtual File System of the computer that the Y server is running on).

If the specified path to the sound object file data is not an absolute path then the sound object file will be searched through the Y server's defined sound paths.

To interrupt the play at any time, press ctrl+c.

OPTIONS

-m
Allow change Audio mode as needed (may cause sound objects played by other applications to be killed).
-s <samplerate>
Applied sample rate in Hz.
-r <n>
Repeat n times (-1 for infinate).
-vol <left> <right>
Specify volume coefficients, valid values are from 0.0 to 1.0 inclusive.
-v
Print verbose status messages.
--recorder <address:port>
Specify which Y server to connect to.
--help
Print help screen and exit.

RETURN VALUE

0
Success.
1
General error.
2
Cannot connect to Y server error.
3
Systems error.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

RECORDER
Specifies the Y server <address:port> to connect to. This is a fall back if the argument --recorder is not specified.

EXAMPLES

To play the sound object file /usr/share/sounds/info.wav on the Y server's machine, type:

# yplay /usr/share/sounds.info.wav

To play the same sound object file infinatly and verbosly, type:

# yplay -r -1 -v /usr/share/sounds.info.wav

To allow yplay to change the Audio values of the Y server to best match the given sound object file data, type:

# yplay -m /usr/share/sounds.info.wav