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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. It understands all audio file
       formats supported by libsndfile.


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.

       --monitor-stream=INDEX
              Record from the sink input with index INDEX.

       -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.


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), pactl(1)



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