Re: Playing .WAV files on Linux

From: Mikko Rauhala (mjr_at_iki.fi)
Date: 03/25/04

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    On 24 Mar 2004 13:07:39 -0800, Will <wv9557@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > I am looking for the Linux equivalent of
    > waveOutOpen()
    > waveOutWrite()
    > These are Win32 calls to let you play wav file on windows.
    > In general what is the preferred API to play wave files on Linux.

    There are many, and it is not easy to say which is "preferred".

    However, I'd say that gstreamer seems to be emerging as the way to go
    for playing (and doing other stuff with) most media files.

    See <URL:http://freedesktop.org/~gstreamer/> for more.

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