Playing .WAV files on Linux

[Scott Lacy Smith]

Hello
I am looking for the Linux equivalent of
waveOutOpen()
waveOutWrite()
These are Win32 calls to let you play wav file on windows.
In general what is the preferred API to play wave files on Linux.

waveOutOpen and waveOutWrite are not really for playing wav files,
they are how you interface to the sound system on Windows.

On many Linux/Unix systems the sound device appears as a file you
open for writing:

fp = fopen("/dev/dsp", "w");
...
fwrite(..., fp);
...
fclose(fp);

[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Wed, 07 Apr 2004 05:40:01 GMT) it happened Scott Lacy Smith

Post by Scott Lacy Smith

Hello
I am looking for the Linux equivalent of
waveOutOpen()
waveOutWrite()
These are Win32 calls to let you play wav file on windows.
In general what is the preferred API to play wave files on Linux.

waveOutOpen and waveOutWrite are not really for playing wav files,
they are how you interface to the sound system on Windows.
On many Linux/Unix systems the sound device appears as a file you
fp = fopen("/dev/dsp", "w");
...
fwrite(..., fp);
...
fclose(fp);
--
"Nullus Anxietas"

Coming to think about it, cat xxx.wav | edscat will also work, but only
for 44100 samples/s it seems.
JP

[Will]

Post by Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Wed, 07 Apr 2004 05:40:01 GMT) it happened Scott Lacy Smith

Post by Scott Lacy Smith

Hello
I am looking for the Linux equivalent of
waveOutOpen()
waveOutWrite()
These are Win32 calls to let you play wav file on windows.
In general what is the preferred API to play wave files on Linux.

waveOutOpen and waveOutWrite are not really for playing wav files,
they are how you interface to the sound system on Windows.
On many Linux/Unix systems the sound device appears as a file you
fp = fopen("/dev/dsp", "w");
...
fwrite(..., fp);
...
fclose(fp);
--
"Nullus Anxietas"

Coming to think about it, cat xxx.wav | edscat will also work, but only
for 44100 samples/s it seems.
JP

Thank you all who gave input to playing sound on Linux. Since my application
already used SDL for graphics, I think I will also use SDL for sound.

[Mikko Rauhala]

Post by Will
Thank you all who gave input to playing sound on Linux. Since my application
already used SDL for graphics, I think I will also use SDL for sound.

Ah. Since this is the case, it's certainly among the better options for
simple playback. At least you won't have to worry about any extra
portability or dependency issues.