mpeg3play

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 6 Apr 1997
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NAME

mpeg3play - MPEG layer 2 and layer 3 audio player/decoder for Unix (version 0.9.6)

SYNOPSIS

mpeg3play [-v] [-h] [-f] [-o outfile.aiff] filename

AVAILABILITY

mpeg3play was mainly written for Solaris/SPARC, but version 0.9.6 can be compiled to run on the following systems: Solaris/SPARC, Solaris/x86, SunOS 4.x, Linux, HPUX, Amiga, IBM AIX, FreeBSD.

DESCRIPTION

mpeg3play is an MPEG layer 2 and layer 3 audio player. It normally uses the audio device for playback, but can also decode the MPEG input bitstream to an AIFF file if an output file is specified using the -o option.

To run mpeg3play, simply type

: mpeg3play file.mp3

to play layer 3 audio files or

: mpeg3play file.mp2

for layer 2 files.

Only 16-bit (CD-quality) audio devices are currently supported.

OPTIONS

-v: Enable verbose mode to display bitstream information.
-h: Display help information for the program.
-f: Fork off a new player and exit. This option is for usage as a Netscape helper application.
-o outfile.aiff: Write an AIFF output PCM sound file.
-r: Enable writing of a raw PCM sound file (only available in the Amiga version).

BUGS

Syncword dectection is crude, which can sometimes make mpeg3play lose input data, and sometimes refuse to play certain input files.

AUTHOR

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