Format /dev/dsp expects?

[Mike McCarty]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:26:25 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone tell me what formats /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp56k,
>> /dev/audio, etc. expect? It seems that I can copy
>> a WAV format file directly to /dev/dsp and get recognizable
>> sound. I wonder just what format they actually expect.
> 
> /dev/audio used to accept µ-law encoding, /dev/dsp accepts raw pcm as
> configured via ioctl. The device doesn't evaluate any WAV header.

Thanks! So, if I want to use sox, I can specify the output to be
/dev/dsp and raw, and the input format to be whatever corresponds.

Mike
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