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This is the Sound Playing HOWTO. It lists the many sound
formats and the applications that can be used to play them.
It also lists some hacks and advice on using these
applications. There are also some other interesting
applications related to sound not directly related to
playback. However, this document does not describe how
one can setup a Linux system for sound support. Refer to the
Linux Sound HOWTO by Jeff Tranter for instructions on setting
up a Linux system for sound support and the supported sound
hardware.
This deals with normal user sound applications. That is, it
is only concerned about what the average user needs to know on
the application side of sound, not exotic stuff like speech
synthesis, or hardware stuff which is dealt in the Sound
HOWTO.
This document can be freely distributed and modified (I
would appreciate it if I were notified of any
modifications), as long as this copyright notice is
preserved. However, it cannot be placed under any further
restrictions, and a modified document must have the same
copyright as this one. Also, credit must be given where
due.
If there is no mention of any copyright, then the
application is under the GNU General Public License.
The most recent official version of this document can be
obtained from the
Linux Documentation Project. The most recent
unofficial version of this document can be obtained from
http://laplace.snu.ac.kr/~wacko/howto/.
A Korean version of this document (very outdated) is
available at
http://laplace.snu.ac.kr/~wacko/howto/Sound-Playing-HOWTO.ks.
A Japanese version of this document is available at
http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/JF-ftp/euc/Sound-Playing-HOWTO.euc.
I am not omniscient, and I don't use all the applications in
here (a few I can't even try), so there are bound to be
mistakes. Also, programs usually continuously evolve, so
documentation tends to get out of date. Therefore, if you
find anything wrong, please send me any corrections.
Suggestions or additions to this document are welcome, too.
All the authors of the applications in this HOWTO. Also,
Hannu Savolainen for the great sound driver and Linus
Torvalds for the great underlying OS.
I'd also like to thank Raymond Nijssen
(raymond@es.ele.tue.nl ), Jeroen Rutten
(jeroen@es.ele.tue.nl ), Antonio Perez
(aperez@arrakis.es ), Ian Jackson
(ijackson@gnu.org ), and Peter Amstutz
(amstpi@freenet.tlh.fl.us ) for their information and
help.
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