> On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Mike wrote:
>
> >I read somewhere that /dev/dspW, char major 14 minor 5 could be used to
> >play wav format files. Hpwever, this doesn't seem to work - cating a wav
> >to it generates something that sounds vaguely like the wav but at the
> >wrong sample speed. What gives?
>
> This message has nothing to do with the kernel, or development,
> rather it is an RTFM thing.
I'm sorry, but which FM am I s'posed to read? It is not mentioned in
Documentation/devices.txt. It has everything to do with the kernel.
> /dev/dsp is the raw dsp device.
I know what /dev/dsp is.
> It
> does NOT understand wav files. Catting a wav to it will play the
> raw sample data in the wav, but it will also treat the wav header
> as raw data as well, and it plays the data at whatever rate the
> dsp is set to.
>
I know all this. It is not relevant.
> Solution? Use a real program to play wav files.
>
HINT: Try reading mail before you reply to it.
-- Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. -- Lord Chesterfield
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