sounds and beeps

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This is a simple question

We use sounds to notify us of events. Currently we use beeps using

printf ("\a");

Is there a quick way to play sounds (.wav files or something of that sort).
I looked at the example file in the documentation and that seems to be a lot
of work for a simple short wave file.

Alternatively is there a way to change beep tones ?

Thanks for your help

Dennis

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Dennis <dmoses@z-kat.com> wrote:

This is a simple question

We use sounds to notify us of events. Currently we use beeps using

printf ("\a");

Is there a quick way to play sounds (.wav files or something of that sort).
I looked at the example file in the documentation and that seems to be a lot
of work for a simple short wave file.

system (“phplay nameofwavefile.wav”); is probably the simples…

I’m sure “aplay” and “mp3decode” could be ported easily if they’re not already
in the standard distro. Then you change “phplay” to “aplay”…

Cheers,
-RK

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