1paplay(1)                   General Commands Manual                  paplay(1)
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NAME

6       paplay - Play back audio files on a PulseAudio sound server
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SYNOPSIS

9       paplay [options] FILE
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11       paplay --help
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13       paplay --version
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DESCRIPTION

16       paplay  is  a  simple tool for playing back audio files on a PulseAudio
17       sound server. It understands all audio file formats supported  by  lib‐
18       sndfile.
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OPTIONS

21       -h | --help
22              Show help.
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24       --version
25              Show version information.
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27       -v | --verbose
28              Enable  verbose  operation.  Dumps  the current playback time to
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31       -s | --server=SERVER
32              Choose the server to connect to.
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34       -d | --device=SINK
35              Specify the symbolic name of the sink to play this file on.
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37       -n | --client-name=NAME
38              Specify the client name paplay shall pass  to  the  server  when
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41       --stream-name=NAME
42              Specify  the  stream  name  paplay shall pass to the server when
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45       --volume=VOLUME
46              Specify the initial playback  volume  to  use.  Choose  a  value
47              between 0 (silent) and 65536 (100% volume).
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49       --channel-map=CHANNELMAP
50              Explicitly  choose  a channel map when playing back this stream.
51              The argument should be a comma separated list of channel  names:
52              front-left,  front-right,  mono,  front-center, rear-left, rear-
53              right, rear-center, lfe,  front-left-of-center,  front-right-of-
54              center,  side-left,  side-right,  top-center,  top-front-center,
55              top-front-left, top-front-right, top-rear-left,  top-rear-right,
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LIMITATIONS

60       Due to a limitation in libsndfile paplay currently does not always  set
61       the  correct  channel  mapping  for playback of multichannel (i.e. sur‐
62       round) audio files, even if the channel mapping information  is  avail‐
63       able in the audio file.
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AUTHORS

66       The  PulseAudio  Developers  <mzchyfrnhqvb  (at)  0pointer  (dot) net>;
67       PulseAudio is available from http://pulseaudio.org/
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SEE ALSO

70       pulseaudio(1), pacat(1)
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