<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 11:07 -0400, WGregory wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> I want to be able to play an audio sound or recording (preferably a voice recording I have created) from a file on my Fedora server to a speaker that is connected to the system. The purpose is to alert the night crew when there is a problem. I am running Fedora 5 on my test system. I inserted a music CD on the Fedora 5 system. It began playing the CD using Totem 1.3.92. However, I cannot access files on the CD. Mount shows "automount." There is nothing in the /mnt or /media directories. What is the best way to create an audio file on Fedora and play it using either (1) a C program (preferably), or (2) the shell command line? What is the best program and associated file type to accomplish this under Fedora? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Mplayer, hands down, is the winner as I see it. Nary a burp in the barrel. Ric </BODY> </HTML>