Annotation of src/usr.bin/audioctl/audioctl.1, Revision 1.20
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1.20 ! jmc 36: .Dd $Mdocdate$
1.1 provos 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
1.19 jmc 55: .Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
1.5 aaron 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:
1.19 jmc 71: .Bl -tag -width "name=valueXX"
1.8 aaron 72: .It Fl a
73: Print all device variables and their current values.
1.19 jmc 74: .It Fl f Ar file
75: Specify an alternative audio control device.
76: .It Fl n
77: Suppress printing of the variable name.
78: .It Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
1.8 aaron 79: Attempt to set the specified variable
80: .Ar name
81: to
82: .Ar value .
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
1.19 jmc 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
1.19 jmc 105: .Dl $ (cat file.au; audioctl -f /dev/audioctl -a) \*(Gt /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
1.19 jmc 109: \*(Gt /dev/audio
1.16 jmc 110: .Ed
1.1 provos 111: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.19 jmc 112: .Xr aucat 1 ,
113: .Xr cdio 1 ,
1.1 provos 114: .Xr mixerctl 1 ,
115: .Xr audio 4 ,
116: .Xr sysctl 8
117: .Sh HISTORY
118: The
119: .Nm
120: command first appeared in
121: .Nx 1.3 .