aplay

Command-line sound player for ALSA soundcard driver.

• Play a specific file (sampling rate, bit depth, etc. will be automatically determined for the file format):

aplay {path/to/file}

• Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz:

aplay --duration={10} --rate={2500} {path/to/file}

• Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law `.au` file:

aplay --channels={1} --file-type {raw} --rate={22050} --format={mu_law} {path/to/file}

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