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NAME

audioctl — control audio device

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The audioctl command displays or sets various audio system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, audioctl prints the current value of those variables for the specified device. By default, audioctl operates on the /dev/audioctl device.

The options are as follows:

-a

Print all device variables and their current values. This is the default, if no parameters are given to audioctl.

-f file

Specify an alternative audio control device.

-n

Suppress printing of the variable name.

name=value

Attempt to set the specified variable name to value.

Variables may only be changed if the device is not opened for playback or recording by another process.

ENVIRONMENT

AUDIOCTLDEVICE

Audio control device to use.

FILES

/dev/audioctl

default audio control device

EXAMPLES

To set the playing sampling rate to 11025 you can enter:

SEE ALSO

aucat(1), cdio(1), mixerctl(1), audio(4), sysctl(8)

HISTORY

The audioctl command first appeared in NetBSD 1.3.