AMP(1) UNIX System V (May 1 1997) AMP(1)
NAME
amp - decompress and play MPEG audio files
SYNOPSIS
amp [ options ] [ MPEG audio streams ]
amp-convert [ MPEG audio stream ] [ output file ]
DESCRIPTION
amp plays named MPEG audio files, or (if invoked with
-convert option) decompresses a file to wave format. amp is
capable of decoding both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 audio bitstreams,
but only layer3.
OPTIONS
The options are:
-h,-help
display this usage information and exit
-v,-version
display the version information and exit
-c,-convert
convert the MPEG audio stream to output file format
-p,-play
play the specified MPEG audio streams (default action)
-q,-quiet
supress printing of messages to STDERR
-d,-dump
dump (print) raw mpeg data to stdout
-s,-frame
show a frame counter
-g,-gui
output messages to stdout instead of stderr (for use
with xmpeg3 or similar GUIs)
-w wav output
-nobuffer
do not use an audio buffer
-volume <vol>
set the volume to <vol> (0-100)
-debug <opts..>
When compiled in debug <opt, opt2,...> code sections.
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Options: audio, args, buffer, buffer2, misc, misc2
ENVIRONMENT
No special environment variables.
AUTHOR
Tomislav Uzelac <tuzelac@rasip.fer.hr>, with help from Karl
Anders Oygard, Ilkka Karvinen, Lutz Vieweg, Dan Nelson,
Edouard Lafargue, Andrew Richards, George Colouris, Dmitry
Boldyrev, Andy Lo A Foe, Thomas Sailer, Justin Frankel
BUGS
Still too many to document :-)
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