On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Sergei Steshenko wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:50:28 -0800 > Geoffrey Crowther <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Want to use OSS emulation through /dev/dsp for playing wav files. As a >> simple test to start with I attempt the following:- >> >> cat sound.wav > /dev/dsp >> > [snip] > > WAV file is not a PCM stream, so even after you're done fixing AOSS problems > this won't work as expected. > > Use 'sox' or 'ecasound' to convert your WAV file to proper (number of bits, > endianness, etc.) PCM stream which is written to stdout and pipe it into > /dev/dsp.
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