alsaplayer(1) - Linux man page

Name

alsaplayer - plays various sound files

Synopsis

alsaplayer [options] [ filename ...]

Description

This manual page documents briefly the alsaplayer command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

alsaplayer is a generic music player that can play back a large amount of file formats.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below.
-d, --device string
Select card and device for the alsa plugin [default=hw:0,0]; select device file for the oss plugin (you must enter the full path to the device here) [default=/dev/dsp].
-f, --fragsize #
Set fragment size in bytes [default=4096].
-e, --enqueue file(s)
Enqueue file(s) in a running alsaplayer.
-F, --frequency #
Set the output frequency [default=44100].
-g, --fragcount #
Fragment count [default=8].
-h, --help
Print this help message.
-i, --interface <interface>
Load <interface> instead of default one
-l, --volume #
Set software volume [0-100].
-n, --session #
Select session # [default=0]
-p, --path [path]
Print/set the path alsaplayer looks for add-ons.
-q, --quiet
Quiet operation, no output.
-r, --realtime
Enable realtime scheduling. To use this as a normal user, alsaplayer must be SUID root.
-s, --session-name name
Name this session "name"
-v, --version
Print version of this program.
--verbose
Print copyright info and plugins which are used amongst other things.
-o, --output [alsa|jack|oss|nas|sgi|sparc]
Use ALSA, JACK, OSS, NAS, SGI or Sparc driver for output

See Also

mikmod(1), mpg123(1).

Author

This manual page was written by Ivo Timmermans <ivo@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).