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AUDIOCTL(1)             NetBSD General Commands Manual             AUDIOCTL(1)


NAME
audioctl -- control software audio format
SYNOPSIS
audioctl [-n] [-d device] -a audioctl [-n] [-d device] name ... audioctl [-n] [-d device] -w name=value ...
DESCRIPTION
The audioctl command displays or sets the parameters that determine the playback and recording format for software using an audio device. It is most useful when the full audio(4) API is not available, e.g. when play- ing or recording raw audio data from a sh(1) script, or from the command line. It does not control the underlying hardware format, which can be changed with audiocfg(1). The variables that can be inspected and changed with audioctl are nor- mally per-application and are reset when a /dev/audioX device is opened. This can be circumvented by using /dev/soundX instead, which retains global state. If a list of variables is present on the command line, then audioctl prints the current value of those variables for the specified device. If the -a flag is specified, all variables for the device are printed. If the -w flag is specified audioctl attempts to set the specified variables to the given values. The -d flag can be used to give an alternative audio control device, the default is /dev/audioctl0. The -n flag suppresses printing of the variable name.
ENVIRONMENT
AUDIOCTLDEVICE the audio control device to use.
FILES
/dev/sound0 audio I/O device /dev/audioctl0 audio control device
EXAMPLES
To set the playing sampling rate to 11025, you can use audioctl -w play.sample_rate=11025 To set all of the play parameters for CD-quality audio, you can use audioctl -w play=44100,2,16,slinear_le
COMPATIBILITY
The old -f flag is still supported. This support will be removed eventu- ally.
SEE ALSO
audiocfg(1), audioplay(1), audiorecord(1), mixerctl(1), audio(4), sysctl(8)
HISTORY
The audioctl command first appeared in NetBSD 1.3.
CAVEATS
Since the parameters controlled by audioctl are global, they can be changed unexpectedly if another application uses the same audio device. It is always preferable to use AUDIO_SETINFO on a per-process /dev/audioX device, if the audio(4) ioctls are available in the programming environ- ment. Similarly, audioplay(1) and audiorecord(1) are more safe for use in scripting. NetBSD 10.99 March 21, 2021 NetBSD 10.99
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