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pacat(1)							      pacat(1)

NAME
       pacat  - Play back or record raw or encoded audio streams on a PulseAu‐
       dio sound server

SYNOPSIS
       paplay [options] [FILE]

       parecord [options] [FILE]

       pacat [options] [FILE]

       parec [options] [FILE]

       pamon [options] [FILE]

       pacat --help

       pacat --version

DESCRIPTION
       pacat is a simple tool for playing back or  capturing  raw  or  encoded
       audio files on a PulseAudio sound server.

OPTIONS
       -h | --help
	      Show help.

       --version
	      Show version information.

       -r | --record
	      Capture audio data and write it to the specified file or to STD‐
	      OUT if none is specified. If the tool is called under  the  name
	      parec this is the default.

       -p | --playback
	      Read  audio  data	 from  the  specified file or STDIN if none is
	      specified, and play it back. If the tool	is  called  under  the
	      name pacat this is the default.

       -v | --verbose
	      Enable  verbose  operation.  Dumps  the current playback time to
	      STDERR during playback/capturing.

       -s | --server=SERVER
	      Choose the server to connect to.

       -d | --device=SINKORSOURCE
	      Specify the symbolic name of the sink/source to play/record this
	      stream on/from.

       -n | --client-name=NAME
	      Specify  the  client  name  paplay shall pass to the server when
	      connecting.

       --stream-name=NAME
	      Specify the stream name paplay shall pass	 to  the  server  when
	      creating the stream.

       --volume=VOLUME
	      Specify  the  initial  playback  volume  to  use. Choose a value
	      between 0 (silent) and 65536 (100% volume).

       --rate=SAMPLERATE
	      Capture or play back  audio  with	 the  specified	 sample	 rate.
	      Defaults to 44100 Hz.

       --format=FORMAT
	      Capture  or  play	 back  audio with the specified sample format.
	      Specify one  of  u8,  s16le,  s16be,  s32le,  s32be,  float32le,
	      float32be,  ulaw,	 alaw,	s32le,	s32be, s24le, s24be, s24-32le,
	      s24-32be. Depending on the endianness of	the  CPU  the  formats
	      s16ne,  s16re, s32ne, s32re, float32ne, float32re, s32ne, s32re,
	      s24ne, s24re, s24-32ne,  s24-32re	 (for  native,	resp.  reverse
	      endian) are available as aliases. Defaults to s16ne.

       --channels=CHANNELS
	      Capture  or  play	 back audio with the specified number of chan‐
	      nels. If more than two channels are used it  is  recommended  to
	      use the --channel-map option below. Defaults to 2.

       --channel-map=CHANNELMAP
	      Explicitly  choose  a channel map when playing back this stream.
	      The argument should be a comma separated list of channel	names:
	      front-left,  front-right,	 mono,	front-center, rear-left, rear-
	      right, rear-center, lfe,	front-left-of-center,  front-right-of-
	      center,  side-left,  side-right,	top-center,  top-front-center,
	      top-front-left, top-front-right, top-rear-left,  top-rear-right,
	      top-rear-center,	or  any of the 32 auxiliary channel names aux0
	      to aux31.

       --fix-format
	      If passed, the sample format of the stream  is  changed  to  the
	      native format of the sink the stream is connected to.

       --fix-rate
	      If  passed,  the	sampling  rate of the stream is changed to the
	      native rate of the sink the stream is connected to.

       --fix-channels
	      If passed, the number of channels and the	 channel  map  of  the
	      stream  is  changed  to  the  native  number of channels and the
	      native channel map of the sink the stream is connected to.

       --no-remix
	      Never upmix or downmix channels.

       --no-remap
	      Never remap channels. Instead of mapping channels by their  name
	      this will match them solely by their index/order.

       --latency=BYTES
	      Explicitly configure the latency, with a time specified in bytes
	      in the selected sample format. If left out the server will  pick
	      the  latency,  usually relatively high for power saving reasons.
	      Use either this option or --latency-msec, but not both.

       --latency-msec=MSEC
	      Explicitly configure the latency, with a time specified in  mil‐
	      liseconds. If left out the server will pick the latency, usually
	      relatively high for power saving reasons. Use either this option
	      or --latency, but not both.

       --process-time=BYTES
	      Explicitly  configure the process time, with a time specified in
	      bytes in the selected sample format. If left out the server will
	      pick the process time. Use either this option or --process-time-
	      msec, but not both.

       --process-time-msec=MSEC
	      Explicitly configure the process time, with a time specified  in
	      miliseconds.  If left out the server will pick the process time.
	      Use either this option or --process-time, but not both.

       --property=PROPERTY=VALUE
	      Attach a property to the client and stream. May be used multiple
	      times

       --raw  Play/record  raw audio data. This is the default if this program
	      is invoked as pacat , parec or pamon

       --file-format[=FFORMAT]
	      Play/record encoded audio data in	 the  file  format  specified.
	      This  is	the  default  if this program is invoked as paplay and
	      parecord

       --list-file-formats
	      List supported file formats.

AUTHORS
       The  PulseAudio	Developers  <pulseaudio-discuss	  (at)	 lists	 (dot)
       freedesktop  (dot)  org>;  PulseAudio is available from http://pulseau‐
       dio.org/

SEE ALSO
       pulseaudio(1), pactl(1)

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