Subject: Re: sunos5 compatible audioplay/audiorecord programs
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/25/1999 15:55:16
matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> writes:

> netbsd lacks programs to play and record audio samples using
> /dev/audio0 & /dev/audioctl0.  i have written (compatible with
> sunos5) audioplay/audiorecord programs and i would like to have
> these included with NetBSD 1.4.

	Can the programs do anything that a combination of cat and
audioctl can't? Not to say that reducing the obscurity of the audio
system is a bad idea, but exactly how much is the value-added?

	- Nathan