rec

 

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NAME
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NAME
        play - play any sound file to audio device
 
        rec  - record audio to any sound file format
 
SYNOPSIS
        play [fopts] infile [effect]
 
        rec [fopts] outfile [effect]
 
DESCRIPTION
        This  manual  page documents briefly the play and rec com­
        mand.
 
        play and rec are programs that  allows  you  to  play  and
        record different types of sound files. It is a frontend to
        the more general sox package. Normally  the  play  command
        will  detect  the  type and other parameters of the sound­
        file. 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 thier values, see  the
        sox(1) man page.
 
        -c [channels], --channels=[channels]
               Define the number of channels of the file.
 
        -d [device], --device=[device]
               Specify  a  different device to play the sound file
               to.
 
        -f [format], --format=[format]
               Specifies bit format of sample. One of s, u, U,  A,
               a, or g.
 
        -r [rate], --rate=[rate]
               Define the samplerate of the audio data.
 
        -s [size], --size=[size]
               interpret size of sample.  One of b, w, l, f, d, or
               D.
 
        -t [type], --type=[type]
               Specifies audio file format to use.  Useful  if  it
               can not be determined on its own.
 
        -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).
 
        -h, --help
               Show summary of options.
 
        --version
               Show version of play/rec.
 
 
        Description of effects are described in the sox man  page.
 
 
SEE ALSO
         sox(1)
 
 
AUTHOR
        This  manual  page   was   written   by   Guenter   Geiger
        <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>,  for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
 
 
 
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