Ka-Ping Yee <pingster@ilm.com> writes:
> On 29 Jun 2000, Michael Hudson wrote:
> > $ play audiotest.au
> >
> > sounds fine,
> >
> > $ ../../../build/python regrtest.py test_linuxaudiodev.py \
> > test_linuxaudiodev
> >
> > sounds horrible; it sounds like it's being rammed through at far too
> > high a volume
>
> Sounds like u-law to me. linuxaudiodev.c selects /dev/dsp by
> default, which accepts raw data, not .au format.
>
> Try setting the environment variable AUDIODEV to /dev/audio
> before running the test script. Does that work any better?
That's the ticket. "play" and the test now sound identical, modulo
some pops & cracks at the start and end of the test. I presume what
follows is thus a good idea?
Index: test_linuxaudiodev.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/test/test_linuxaudiodev.py,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 test_linuxaudiodev.py
--- test_linuxaudiodev.py 2000/06/10 04:22:57 1.1
+++ test_linuxaudiodev.py 2000/06/29 23:32:55
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@
def test():
play_sound_file(findfile('audiotest.au'))
+os.environ["AUDIODEV"] = "/dev/audio"
+
test()
Cheers,
M.
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