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                     36: .Dd May 4, 1997
                     37: .Dt AUDIOCTL 1
                     38: .Os
                     39: .Sh NAME
                     40: .Nm audioctl
                     41: .Nd control audio device
                     42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.6       aaron      43: .Nm audioctl
1.14      pvalchev   44: .Op Fl f Ar file
1.11      aaron      45: .Op Fl n
1.1       provos     46: .Fl a
1.6       aaron      47: .Nm audioctl
1.14      pvalchev   48: .Op Fl f Ar file
1.11      aaron      49: .Op Fl n
1.5       aaron      50: .Ar name
                     51: .Op Ar ...
1.6       aaron      52: .Nm audioctl
1.14      pvalchev   53: .Op Fl f Ar file
1.11      aaron      54: .Op Fl n
1.5       aaron      55: .Ar name=value
                     56: .Op Ar ...
1.1       provos     57: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.7       aaron      58: The
1.1       provos     59: .Nm
                     60: command displays or sets various audio system driver variables.
1.5       aaron      61: If a list of variables is present on the command line,
1.1       provos     62: .Nm
                     63: prints the current value of those variables for the specified device.
1.8       aaron      64: By default,
1.1       provos     65: .Nm
1.8       aaron      66: operates on the
                     67: .Pa /dev/audioctl
                     68: device.
1.1       provos     69: .Pp
1.8       aaron      70: The options are as follows:
1.10      aaron      71: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.8       aaron      72: .It Fl a
                     73: Print all device variables and their current values.
1.18    ! vincent    74: .It Ar name=value
1.8       aaron      75: Attempt to set the specified variable
                     76: .Ar name
                     77: to
                     78: .Ar value .
                     79: .It Fl f Ar file
                     80: Specify an alternative audio control device.
                     81: .It Fl n
                     82: Suppress printing of the variable name.
                     83: .El
1.15      jmc        84: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
                     85: .Bl -tag -width AUDIOCTLDEVICE
                     86: .It Ev AUDIOCTLDEVICE
                     87: Audio control device to use.
                     88: .El
                     89: .Sh FILES
                     90: .Bl -tag -width /dev/audioctl
                     91: .It Pa /dev/audioctl
                     92: default audio control device
                     93: .El
1.1       provos     94: .Sh EXAMPLES
                     95: To set the playing sampling rate to 11025 you can enter
1.8       aaron      96: .Pp
1.18    ! vincent    97: .Dl $ audioctl play.sample_rate=11025
1.8       aaron      98: .Pp
1.1       provos     99: Note that many of the variables that can be inspected and changed
1.17      beck      100: are reset when the
                    101: .Pa /dev/audio
                    102: device is opened.
1.8       aaron     103: This can be circumvented like so:
                    104: .Pp
1.17      beck      105: .Dl $ (cat file.au; audioctl -f /dev/audioctl -a) > /dev/audio
1.1       provos    106: or
1.16      jmc       107: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1.18    ! vincent   108: $ (audioctl -f /dev/audioctl blocksize=1024; cat file.au) \e
1.16      jmc       109:        > /dev/audio
                    110: .Ed
1.1       provos    111: .Sh SEE ALSO
                    112: .Xr mixerctl 1 ,
                    113: .Xr audio 4 ,
                    114: .Xr sysctl 8
                    115: .Sh HISTORY
                    116: The
                    117: .Nm
                    118: command first appeared in
                    119: .Nx 1.3 .