Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA25416; Sat, 2 Dec 95 13:37:15 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA25191; Sat, 2 Dec 95 13:36:12 EST Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA10760 ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 08:49:14 -0800 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA10532 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 08:46:14 -0800 Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA10525 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 08:46:10 -0800 Received: from mocha.eng.umd.edu (mocha.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.16]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7/8.7) with ESMTP id LAA27617; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 11:46:05 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by mocha.eng.umd.edu (8.7.2/8.6.4) id LAA02057; Sat, 2 Dec 1995 11:46:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 11:46:04 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@mocha.eng.umd.edu To: "Gary D. Kline" Cc: freebsd Subject: Re: How to play an *.au file? In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, Gary D. Kline wrote: > On my Sun at work I've got a neat *.au of Big Ben sounding, and a script > that sounds the bong on the hour. The script uses the sun ``play'' > binary, but I haven't found anything equivalent on my 2.0.5 CD ROM. > > So what's the FreeBSD equivalent? When I cat the file to /dev/audio, > it hangs... I see Julian is answering your audio question, now one of mine ... I love the idea of my computer masquerading as big ben, where'd you get the sound effect? The .au file, I mean. > > Thanks for any tips. > > -- > Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public access uNix > > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: