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How do you play audio on SoX?
SoX includes a very handy way of recording audio using the rec command. The simplest use is to type rec filename which will start recording from the default input until you stop it by pressing ctrl-c in the terminal window.
What does SoX command do?
SoX is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS X, etc.) command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various effects to these sound files, and, as an added bonus, SoX can play and record audio files on most platforms.
How to play audio files from the command line?
You can play audio file in command line by audacious -Hq file. mpv is a descendant of mplayer, which mlevin mentions. Many of the old command line switches still work, but some of the keyboard shortcuts have changed. It also has the ability to “play” folders (by queuing all media files contained within). mpv –vo=null -shuffle .
Which is the default sound file in Ubuntu?
We can use default sound files from /usr/share/sounds/, or any other sound file we may have in a different location. Just to have mentioned it, there is another nice way to achieve this by misusing espeak, which is installed by default in Ubuntu <= 12.04.
What’s the best way to make a sound?
The “classical” way to play a sound is to use beep. Beep will make a tone through the PC speaker. However this will not work in all cases (e.g. in my system PC speakers are completely disabled) You may have to remove pcspkr from /etc/modprobe/blacklist.conf and load the pcspkr kernel module:
How to make a sound once a process is?
Just to have mentioned it, there is another nice way to achieve this by misusing espeak, which is installed by default in Ubuntu <= 12.04. See, or rather hear the following example: In Ubuntu >= 12.10 Orca uses speak-dispatcher. We can then install espeak, or alternatively use spd-say “Text”.