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paplay(1)							     paplay(1)

NAME
       paplay - Play back audio files on a PulseAudio sound server

SYNOPSIS
       paplay [options] FILE

       paplay --help

       paplay --version

DESCRIPTION
       paplay  is  a  simple tool for playing back audio files on a PulseAudio
       sound server. It understands all audio file formats supported  by  lib‐
       sndfile.

OPTIONS
       -h | --help
	      Show help.

       --version
	      Show version information.

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

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

       -d | --device=SINK
	      Specify the symbolic name of the sink to play this file on.

       -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).

       --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.

LIMITATIONS
       Due to a limitation in libsndfile paplay currently does not always  set
       the  correct  channel  mapping  for playback of multichannel (i.e. sur‐
       round) audio files, even if the channel mapping information  is	avail‐
       able in the audio file.

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

SEE ALSO
       pulseaudio(1), pacat(1)

Manuals				     User			     paplay(1)

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