How to play .wav file?

Abdullah Seba

Hi
I am a Linux noob and I need to make a script that receives data over uart and depending on what is said it plays different .wav or mp3 files I have a usb audio converter but when I try to open the file I get -ash: foghorn1.wav: not found
How can I fix this?
Thanks in advance.

Abdullah Seba

No one here???

Patryk Wychowaniec

You basically said "I have some no-name converter and some no-name software which does not work the way I think it should" - how can anybody answer this question without having to get your mind read?

Tell us some details: what's the name of your converter and what's the software you use which yields this message (I guess you just tried to do "./my-file.mp3" in the console, but I'm not going to play cat and mouse :-P).

Abdullah Seba

@Patryk-Wychowaniec said in How to play .wav file?:

ave some no-name converter and some no-na

Dont worry about whats reading the messages. all I want is to play a .wav or .mp3 file and when I try to open it says -ash: foghorn1.wav: not found yet ls shows the file clearly.
I dont see what the converter has to do with not finding and playing a file... but its this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161798473932?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I have no script yet just want to make sure the damn thing can play audio. I2C audio would be even better but no idea if that will work.

Patryk Wychowaniec

It does not say that your file does not exist - this message says that ash cannot find any executable in bin named foghorn1.wav, which should be run. The same way when you write eg. ls - ash then looks for a proper executable in bin and if no results are yielded, returns an error message.

If you want to run a file from current directory, you'd need to write ./my-file, but it only works for executables, which - clearly - a music file is not.

I dont see what the converter has to do with not finding and playing a file

You cannot play music without a music player, look at examples:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/audio/
https://superuser.com/questions/276596/play-mp3-or-wav-file-via-linux-command-line
Nowhere there you'll find ./my-file.mp3 nor pure my-file.mp3.

You'd need to install some music player and hope it gets along with your converter.