XPLAY(1)

NAME
xplay - plays / records .WAV-Files using play(1)/record(1)

SYNOPSIS
xplay

DESCRIPTION
XPlay is an X-interface for the play / record program. The sample is loaded into an edit buffer and can be modified freely (in the future - no editing facilties are implemented in the moment, see README). The playing is done in an extra process so you can continue your work on the sample while it is playing in the background. You can stop the playing by clicking on the stop button. You can change the card settings of your soundcard freely by using the controls of the window. Note, that you cannot set the SoundBlaster-Pro to another sample size than 8 bit. If you are changing the limit field, a red line in the displayed sample will mark the end of playing. If you load a sample, the controls will be set according the data found in the sample header. The mouse buttons are used (in the graph) as follows:
    Button1 - set lower border, playing will start from there Button2 - set upper border, playing will stop there Button3 - set lower and upper border to the beginning respectively the end of the sample, the whole sample will be played
Note, that in all three cases the limit field will be updated accordingly. With the button <<|>> you can zoom in the marked area, with >>|<< you can zoom out to the whole sample. The Menu supports only Load, Save and Quit in the Moment. Echo is not implemented yet. Please pay special attention before recording a sample to the question: "Is the time limit correct?" Note, that you cannot stop the recording without killing the whole application!

OPTIONS
none

RESOURCES
The application has two additional resources:
    speed (Class: Speed) - same as -s switch of play(1)/record(1): specifies the default sample frequency in Hz, default fallback is 22050 Hz. limit (Class: Limit) - same as -t switch of play(1)/record(1): specifies the initial time limit of the sample in seconds, default fallback is 10 s.

FILES
/usr/local/bin/xplay - application /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XPlay - application defaults file

BUGS
There is no possibility to stop the recording. The drawing of the sample data is not correct. Any more I don't know...

SEE ALSO
play(1), record(1)

AUTHOR
Andre Fuechsel (C) FF-Soft '93 e-mail: af1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de