MIT Athena Computing Environment: What Runs Where: Audio Software Detail
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| # What Runs Where on Athena: Audio Software
| Audio |
Title and description: audioconvert Description: Sun utility that converts audio data between a set of supported audio encodings and file formats. Can also be used to compress and decompress audio data, to add audio file headers to raw audio data files and to convert between standard data encodings To run: athena% audioconvert -f outputformat -o outfile infile See also: audioplay, sdtaudio, xplay
Title and description: audioplay Description: Sun utility that plays audio files To run: athena% audioplay audiofile See also: audioconvert, play, sdtaudio, sdtaudiocontrol, xplay Note: to hear output you may need to run sdtaudiocontrol
Title and description: gnome-cd Description: Linux audio CD player To run: athena% gnome-cd & See also: gnome-volume-control, xmcd Note: formerly called gtcd
Title and description: gnome-volume-control Description: Linux utility that allows users to control audio sources To run: athena% gnome-volume-control & See also: gnome-cd, sdtaudiocontrol Note: formerly called gmix
Title and description: mpg123 Description: mp3 player with optional GUI front-end To run: athena% add infoagents athena% mpg123 -R -b 0 --ctl_subprocess /mit/infoagents/bin/mpg123ctl audiofile.mp3 See also: mplayer, RealPlayer, xmms Note: files can be played directly from the command line without the GUI by typing mpg123 audiofile.mp3. You may temporarily have to run it on Linux this way.
Title and description: play (sox) Description: on Linux machines, front-end to sox audio player; plays files in a variety of audio formats To run: athena% play audiofile See also: audioplay, showaudio, xplay Note: there is a version of play in the audio locker but it does not seem to be working properly at the moment.
Title and description: RealPlayer Description: audio/video player for files in Real and other formats. Also available as a Netscape plugin To run: athena% realplay file See also: mpg123, mplayer, sdtaudiocontrol, xmcd, xmms Note: to hear output on Suns you may need to run sdtaudiocontrol
Title and description: sdtaudio Description: simple Sun audio recorder and player To run: athena% sdtaudio & See also: audioconvert, audioplay, sdtaudiocontrol, xplay Note: to hear output you may need to run sdtaudiocontrol
Title and description: sdtaudiocontrol Description: Sun utility that allows users to control audio sources (speaker, headphones, balance, volume) To run: athena% sdtaudiocontrol & See also: audioplay, gnome-volume-control, RealPlayer, sdtaudio, xplay
Title and description: showaudio Description: shell script that uses various applications to play sound files in certain formats To run: athena% add infoagents athena% showaudio file See also: play, xplay
Title and description: xmcd Description: plays audio CDs on CD-ROM drives To run: athena% add sipb athena% xmcd & See also: gnome-cd, mpg123, RealPlayer, xmms
Title and description: xmms Description: Linux GUI-based mp3 player To run: athena% xmms audiofile.mp3 See also: mpg123, mplayer, RealPlayer, xmcd
Title and description: xplay Description: sound player for .au, .aiff, some .wav file formats To run: athena% add infoagents athena% xplay file See also: audioconvert, audioplay, play, sdtaudio, sdtaudiocontrol Note: to hear output on Suns you may need to run sdtaudiocontrol

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