SNIS-TEST-AUDIO(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the snis-test-audio(1) manual page from the User Commands section, for snis_test_audio — the test program for testing the audio path used by Space Nerds In Space. literally what it says on the tin, bestie. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

snis_test_audio [ device-number ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

snis_test_audio initializes the audio system in the same way that the game Space Nerds In Space does. Then it prints out the name of each discovered audio device and attempts to play a sound.

If the device-number argument is omitted, a default device is used. periodt. 💅

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

Here's an example run, with all the lines exactly as they show up:

$ ./snis_test_audio
Space Nerds In Space audio test program.
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:606:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-1000/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or directory)
attempt to connect to server failed
Portaudio reports 10 sound devices.
Portaudio says the default device is: 9
wwviaudio_initialize_portaudio returned 0
Portaudio reports 10 devices
0: HDA Intel PCH: ALC887-VD Digital (hw:0,1)
1: HDA Intel PCH: ALC887-VD Alt Analog (hw:0,2)
2: HDA Intel PCH: HDMI 0 (hw:0,3)
3: HDA Intel PCH: HDMI 1 (hw:0,7)
4: HDA Intel PCH: HDMI 2 (hw:0,8)
5: iec958
6: spdif
7: hdmi
8: pulse
9: default
Attempting to play sound... ...finished attempting to play sound

🎀 FILES 🎀

• share/snis/sounds/red-alert.ogg — an ogg-vorbis file that the program attempts to play. 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Stephen M. Cameron. iconic. ✨

that's the whole page, bestie — snis_test_audio, APRIL 2017, SNIS-TEST-AUDIO(1), no cap. 💅🔥