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  • Re: [gentoo-user] Playing .wav files?

    From Arve Barsnes@21:1/5 to Peter Humphrey on Thu Dec 1 18:50:01 2022
    On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 at 18:28, Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

    Hello list,

    What do you use to play .wav files? I've come across a collection which I'd like to be able to play, but I can't find a usable player in Gentoo. Media- sound/wavplay doesn't do it.

    I play them in audacious, which is my regular audio player, but if you
    have some hard-to-play files maybe try ffplay from the ffmpeg package?
    ffmpeg tends to handle most formats after all.

    Regards,
    Arve

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  • From Ionen Wolkens@21:1/5 to Peter Humphrey on Thu Dec 1 19:00:01 2022
    On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 05:28:05PM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
    Hello list,

    What do you use to play .wav files? I've come across a collection which I'd like to be able to play, but I can't find a usable player in Gentoo. Media- sound/wavplay doesn't do it.

    About any non-specialized audio players will support .wav alongside
    any popular formats (ogg, mp3, etc...). No need to be looking for a
    wav-only player.

    When just want to play about anything supported by ffmpeg, video
    players can be simple too, aka media-video/mpv can play .wav from
    the command line (also supports many audio output backends).

    For basic tools, there's "aplay" from alsa-utils, or "play" from media-sound/sox (SoX can also be used to work on wav files from the
    command line, transform, trim, adjust volume, etc...).

    --
    ionen

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  • From Peter Humphrey@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 1 18:30:01 2022
    Hello list,

    What do you use to play .wav files? I've come across a collection which I'd like to be able to play, but I can't find a usable player in Gentoo. Media- sound/wavplay doesn't do it.

    --
    Regards,
    Peter.

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  • From Matt Connell@21:1/5 to Peter Humphrey on Thu Dec 1 18:50:01 2022
    On Thu, 2022-12-01 at 17:28 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
    What do you use to play .wav files?

    The same thing I use to play every other media: mpv

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  • From Matt Connell@21:1/5 to Matt Connell on Thu Dec 1 18:50:01 2022
    On Thu, 2022-12-01 at 12:45 -0500, Matt Connell wrote:
    On Thu, 2022-12-01 at 17:28 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
    What do you use to play .wav files?

    The same thing I use to play every other media: mpv

    To clarify: media-video/mpv

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  • From Mark Knecht@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 1 20:00:02 2022
    On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 10:28 AM Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
    wrote:

    Hello list,

    What do you use to play .wav files? I've come across a collection which
    I'd
    like to be able to play, but I can't find a usable player in Gentoo.
    Media-
    sound/wavplay doesn't do it.

    --
    Regards,
    Peter.


    VLC

    <div dir="ltr"><br><br>On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 10:28 AM Peter Humphrey &lt;<a href="mailto:peter@prh.myzen.co.uk">peter@prh.myzen.co.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Hello list,<br>&gt;<br>&gt; What do you use to play .wav files? I&#39;ve come across a
    collection which I&#39;d<br>&gt; like to be able to play, but I can&#39;t find a usable player in Gentoo. Media-<br>&gt; sound/wavplay doesn&#39;t do it.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; --<br>&gt; Regards,<br>&gt; Peter.<br>&gt;<br><br><div>VLC</div></div>

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  • From Lee@21:1/5 to markknecht@gmail.com on Fri Dec 2 03:50:01 2022
    Doesnt cmus play wav files?

    Lee 😎

    On Thu, Dec 1, 2022, 10:57 AM Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:



    On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 10:28 AM Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
    wrote:

    Hello list,

    What do you use to play .wav files? I've come across a collection which
    I'd
    like to be able to play, but I can't find a usable player in Gentoo.
    Media-
    sound/wavplay doesn't do it.

    --
    Regards,
    Peter.


    VLC


    <div dir="auto">Doesnt cmus play wav files? <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Lee 😎</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 1, 2022, 10:57 AM Mark Knecht &lt;<a href="mailto:markknecht@gmail.
    com">markknecht@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><br>On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 10:28 AM Peter Humphrey &lt;<a href="mailto:peter@prh.
    myzen.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">peter@prh.myzen.co.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Hello list,<br>&gt;<br>&gt; What do you use to play .wav files? I&#39;ve come across a collection which I&#39;d<br>&gt; like to be able to play, but I can&#
    39;t find a usable player in Gentoo. Media-<br>&gt; sound/wavplay doesn&#39;t do it.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; --<br>&gt; Regards,<br>&gt; Peter.<br>&gt;<br><br><div>VLC</div></div>
    </blockquote></div>

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  • From Peter Humphrey@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 2 11:50:02 2022
    On Friday, 2 December 2022 02:40:56 GMT Lee wrote:
    Doesnt cmus play wav files?

    I hadn't heard of it.

    Thank you all. Several promising ideas there.

    --
    Regards,
    Peter.

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  • From Wols Lists@21:1/5 to Peter Humphrey on Fri Dec 2 14:00:01 2022
    On 02/12/2022 10:45, Peter Humphrey wrote:
    On Friday, 2 December 2022 02:40:56 GMT Lee wrote:
    Doesnt cmus play wav files?

    I hadn't heard of it.

    Thank you all. Several promising ideas there.

    Another idea? Audacity?

    I know it's not thought of as a music player but it can. More
    importantly, it'll dump the wav as an mp3 that your computer can play.

    Cheers,
    Wol

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