ESDSAMPLE(1)

✨ ESDSAMPLE(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Enlightened Sound Daemon corner of the man pages 💖 this one's called esdsample and yeah, she plays a sample. that's it. that's the whole vibe. but let's get into it fr fr 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

esdsample — play a sample 🎵

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

esdsample [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-m] [-r freq]
samplename

like yes she's a lil stacked with flags but it's giving customizable, not complicated, iykyk 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

The esdsample utility plays a sample using the Enlighted Sound Daemon (esd). that's the whole job bestie, and she does it flawlessly ✨ no cap.

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

here's the full rundown, every single one, we do NOT skip 💅

• -s hostname:port — reach out and contact the esd server on hostname at port. long-distance relationship with your audio server, slay 📡
• -b — specify that the output should be in 8-bit format. by default the output is in 16-bit format. lowkey downgrade but sometimes that's the vibe 🍓
• -d — play the sample from file as raw data. the default behavior is to read the data from a sound file (.wav, .au, and so on). if this option is chosen, samplename is the name of a file. no decoder, no filter, just raw ✨
• -e — play the sample from the esd cache. if this option is chosen, samplename is the name of the sample in the cache. already loaded, already iconic 👑
• -h — display help text, and exit. the classic escape hatch, we love her 🙈
• -m — specify that the output should be in mono format. by default the output is in stereo format. one channel, main character energy 💜
• -r freq — specify that the output rate should be set to freq. by default the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz. crank it or chill it, your call 🎧

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🎀 OPERANDS 🎀

• samplename — the name of the sample to be played. if the -e option is used, samplename is the esd cache name. otherwise, samplename is a filename. so basically it means two different things depending on your flags, stay woke bestie 👀

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Example 1: Playing a sample from a file

example% esdsample generic.wav

just a lil file, played straight up, periodt 💖

Example 2: Playing a sample from the esd cache

example% esdsample -e esdctl:generic.wav

(where esdctl:generic.wav is the cache name) — see how the same-looking name means "cache entry" now? that's the -e doing her thing 🧚

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💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

the following exit values are returned:

• 0 — application exited successfully 🎉 slay
• >0 — application exited with failure 😭 we don't talk about it

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

esd(1), esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esd-config(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)

the whole friend group honestly, go read them all 🫶

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and that's the page bestie 💅 this one's from EsounD 0.2.41, dated February 2006, filed under ESDSAMPLE(1) in the Enlightened Sound Daemon manual. go play something cute 🎶✨