sndfile-play(1)

sndfile-play1

Play a sound file

Usage

sndfile-play file ...

Overview

sndfile-play plays one or more sound files on various operating systems using standard audio output APIs. The following table summarizes which audio API is used where:

Linux

ALSA or OSS

OpenBSD

sndio

FreeBSD

/dev/dsp (OSS)

NetBSD

/dev/audio

Solaris

/dev/audio

MacOSX 10.6

CoreAudio

MacOSX 10.7

AudioToolbox

Win32

waveOut

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0–8
  3. 9–10
  4. 11
  5. 12–Arch

Authors

Erik de Castro Lopo ⟨[email protected]⟩

From libsndfile 1.2.2-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.