Package: bplay (0.991-10.2 and others)

Buffered audio file player/recorder

The bplay package provides a simple command-line utility for playing and recording audio files in raw sample, VOC and WAV formats.

To use this program you need a soundcard of some kind and the appropriate driver configured into your kernel.

When run the program creates two processes which share a memory buffer. It does reading/writing on the disk and the sound device simultaneously, in order to be less liable to `pause' because the disk is too slow or too busy.

Tags: User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Sound and Music: sound::player, use::playing, Purpose: Storing, Supports Format: works-with-format::mp3, works-with-format::oggvorbis, MS RIFF Audio, Works with: Audio

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