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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2007-11-05 23:56:00 +0000 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2007-11-05 23:56:00 +0000 |
commit | 7fdc1ee0838d3c55e29d8f44f2919a60f9415e56 (patch) | |
tree | 41a233e5b8163c74297990db175155f1a4f83113 /man/pacat.1.xml.in | |
parent | bff4ca431b0146cb0cbb3935905f50714072a0d9 (diff) |
add a couple of more man pages
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diff --git a/man/pacat.1.xml.in b/man/pacat.1.xml.in new file mode 100644 index 00000000..35c7651b --- /dev/null +++ b/man/pacat.1.xml.in @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +<?xml version="1.0"?><!--*-nxml-*--> +<!DOCTYPE manpage SYSTEM "xmltoman.dtd"> +<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xmltoman.xsl" ?> + +<!-- $Id$ --> + +<!-- +This file is part of PulseAudio. + +PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as +published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the +License, or (at your option) any later version. + +PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT +ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY +or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General +Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public +License along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 +USA. +--> + +<manpage name="pacat" section="1" desc="Play back or record raw audio streams on a PulseAudio sound server"> + + <synopsis> + <cmd>pacat [<arg>options</arg>] [<arg>FILE</arg>]</cmd> + <cmd>parec [<arg>options</arg>] [<arg>FILE</arg>]</cmd> + <cmd>paplay <opt>--help</opt></cmd> + <cmd>paplay <opt>--version</opt></cmd> + </synopsis> + + <description> + <p><file>pacat</file> is a simple tool for playing back or + capturing raw audio files on a PulseAudio sound server.</p> + </description> + + <options> + + <option> + <p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p>Show help.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>--version</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p>Show version information.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-r | --record</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p>Capture raw audio data and write it to the specified file or to STDOUT if none is specified. If the tool is called under the name <file>parec</file> this is the default.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-p | --playback</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p>Read raw audio data from the specified file or STDIN if none is specified, and play it back. If the tool is called under the name <file>pacat</file> this is the default.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-v | --verbose</opt></p> + + <optdesc><p>Enable verbose operation. Dumps the current playback time to STDERR during playback/capturing.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-s | --server</opt><arg>=SERVER</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Choose the server to connect to.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-d | --device</opt><arg>=SINKORSOURCE</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Specify the symbolic name of the sink/source to play/record this stream on/from.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>-n | --client-name</opt><arg>=NAME</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Specify the client name <file>paplay</file> shall pass to the server when connecting.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>--stream-name</opt><arg>=NAME</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Specify the stream name <file>paplay</file> shall pass to the server when creating the stream.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>--volume</opt><arg>=VOLUME</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Specify the initial playback volume to use. Choose a value between 0 (silent) and 65536 (100% volume).</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>--rate</opt><arg>=SAMPLERATE</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Capture or play back audio with the specified sample rate. Defaults to 44100 Hz.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>--format</opt><arg>=FORMAT</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Capture or play back audio with the specified sample + format. Specify one of <arg>u8</arg>, <arg>s16le</arg>, + <arg>s16be</arg>, <arg>float32le</arg>, <arg>float32be</arg>, + <arg>ulaw</arg>, <arg>alaw</arg>. Depending on the endianess of + the CPU the formats <arg>s16ne</arg>, <arg>s16re</arg>, + <arg>float32ne</arg>, <arg>float32re</arg> (for native, + resp. reverse endian) are available as aliases. Defaults to + s16ne.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>--channels</opt><arg>=CHANNELS</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Capture or play back audio with the specified number + of channels. If more than two channels are used it is + recommended to use the <opt>--channel-map</opt> option + below. Defaults to 2.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + <option> + <p><opt>--channel-map</opt><arg>=CHANNELMAP</arg></p> + + <optdesc><p>Explicitly choose a channel map when playing back + this stream. The argument should be a comma separated list of + channel names: <arg>front-left</arg>, <arg>front-right</arg>, + <arg>mono</arg>, <arg>front-center</arg>, <arg>rear-left</arg>, + <arg>rear-right</arg>, <arg>rear-center</arg>, <arg>lfe</arg>, + <arg>front-left-of-center</arg>, + <arg>front-right-of-center</arg>, <arg>side-left</arg>, + <arg>side-right</arg>, <arg>top-center</arg>, + <arg>top-front-center</arg>, <arg>top-front-left</arg>, + <arg>top-front-right</arg>, <arg>top-rear-left</arg>, + <arg>top-rear-right</arg>, <arg>top-rear-center</arg>, or any of + the 32 auxiliary channel names <arg>aux0</arg> to + <arg>aux31</arg>.</p></optdesc> + </option> + + </options> + + <section name="Authors"> + <p>The PulseAudio Developers <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>; PulseAudio is available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p> + </section> + + <section name="See also"> + <p> + <manref name="pulseaudio" section="1"/>, <manref name="paplay" section="1"/> + </p> + </section> + +</manpage> |