DBCAT(1)
NAME
dbcat - Send audio data to DB Fourier Synthesis daemon
SYNOPSIS
dbcat [options]
DESCRIPTION
The dbcat tool provides a simple means to feed dbfsd with audio data.
Both programs are part of the DBMix project, a digital audio mixing
system. dbcat takes input data from its standard input only, and is
therefore usually used in a pipe with some other sound generating program.
OPTIONS
- -8 Input data comprises of PCM-coded 8bit unsigned samples.
- (Default: 16bit signed samples.)
- -c n Connect to channel n of dbfsd. (Default: first channel avail
- able.)
- -d Print out debug messages to console. (Default: debugging dis
- abled.)
- -h Print summary of available options.
- -m Input data is a mono stream. (Default: interleaved stereo
- stream.)
- -r rate
- Input data is sampled at rate Hertz. (Default: 44100Hz.)
- -v Print version information. (Default: no version information.)
- -S Produce an endless stream of blank audio data (silence). Any
- input data is dropped. This mode provides a dummy source useful for testing and debugging. (Default: pass on input data.)
EXAMPLES
- mpg321 -s test.mp3 | dbcat
- Sends a 16bit/44.1kHz stereo audio stream decoded from test.mp3 off to dbfsd.
SEE ALSO
dbin(1), dbfsd(1), dbmixer(1), dbmix(7).
AUTHOR
- This manual page was written by Daniel Kobras <kobras@debian.org>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It is heavily
based on DBMix's README file written by Robert Michael S Dean.