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.TH NAME SECTION 
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.SH NAME
play \- play any sound file 
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B play
.I "[fopts] infile [effect]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.BR play 
command.
.PP
.B play
is a program that allows you to play different types of sound files. It is 
a frontend to the more general sox package. Normally the play command 
will detect the type and other parameters of the soundfile. If it can't do 
so, the parametes can be changed through options.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of common options are included below.
For a complete description for options and supported formats, see 
the 
.B sox(1) 
man page.
.TP
.B \-h 
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-r rate
Define the samplerate of the playback.
.TP
.B \-v volume
Change the playback Volume.
.TP
.B \-c channels
Define the number of channels of the file.
.TP
.B \-d device
Specify a different device to play the sound file to.
.TP
Other options and a description of effects are described in the sox man page.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

 sox(1)

.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Guenter Geiger <geiger@iem.mhsg.ac.at>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system.