aplay

Command-line sound player for ALSA soundcard driver. More information: <https://manned.org/aplay>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/aplay.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install alsa-utils
Ubuntu
apt-get install alsa-utils
Alpine
apk add alsa-utils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S alsa-utils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install alsa-utils
CentOS
yum install alsa-utils
Fedora
dnf install alsa-utils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install alsa-utils
Raspbian
apt-get install alsa-utils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/aplay
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/aplay aplay powered by Commando

Command-line sound player for ALSA soundcard driver. More information: <https://manned.org/aplay>.

  • Play a specific file (sampling rate, bit depth, etc. will be automatically determined for the file format):
    aplay path/to/file
  • Play the first 10 seconds of a specific file at 2500 Hz:
    aplay --duration=10 --rate=2500 path/to/file
  • Play the raw file as a 22050 Hz, mono, 8-bit, Mu-Law `.au` file:
    aplay --channels=1 --file-type raw --rate=22050 --format=mu_law path/to/file

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