11.5.
Summary
The GNU/Linux platform is fully multi-media enabled. A wide
variety of devices like sound cards, tv-cards, headsets,
microphones, CD and DVD players is supported. The list of
applications is sheer endless, that is why we needed to shortenthe
list of new commands below and limit ourselves to general audio
commands.
Table 11-1. New commands in chapter 11: Audio
| Command |
Meaning |
| alsaconf |
Configure the ALSA sound
system. |
| alsamixer |
Tune output levels of ALSA
driver. |
| arecord |
Record a sound sample. |
| aumix |
Audio mixer tool. |
| cdp |
Play an audio CD. |
| cdparanoia |
Rip an audio CD. |
| cdplay |
Play an audio CD. |
| gnome-alsamixer |
Gnome ALSA front-end. |
| gnome-cd |
Gnome front-end for playing audio CDs. |
| gnome-sound-recorder |
Gnome front-end for recording sound
samples. |
| kaudiocreator |
KDE front-end for creating audio
CDs. |
| kmix |
KDE front-end for sound
settings. |
| krec |
KDE front-end for recording sound
samples. |
| mplayer |
Multi-media player. |
| play |
Command line tool for playing
sound samples. |
