Knowing The Play Command; Command Line For Playing Sound Files - Creative 16-Bit Sound Card User Manual

Knowing the PLAY Command

Before you play sound files or audio CDs, you should be familiar
with the command line of PLAY.

Command Line for Playing Sound Files

The command line for playing sound files is:
PLAY file1 [file2...] [/Q] [/H] [/?]
You need to take note of the following when using PLAY:
K If you enter PLAY without any parameters, a description for
K If you enter a filename without specifying an extension,
K Before you play a Creative Music (.CMF) file, you have to
K When you enter a filename, you can specify part of the
file1 Name of the first file you want to play.
file2... Names of additional files of the same type to play.
/Q Disables display of playback information (file
format,
copyright
/H or /? Displays description for using PLAY.
using PLAY appears.
PLAY will search the current directory for that filename. If
more than one extension for the filename exist, the utility will
play only one file in the following order of preference: .WAV,
.VOC, MID and CMF.
load the SBFMDRV.COM driver into memory. This is done
by typing SBFMDRV at the directory where the driver is
found.
filename and use the * or ? character to represent the
remaining missing characters. The * character represents one
or more characters while the ? character represents only a
single character.
For example, if you enter PLAY *.WAV, all wave files will
be played. If you enter PLAY TEST*.WAV, all wave files
with filename beginning with TEST will be played. If you
enter PLAY TEST?.WAV, all wave files with filenames
play time, filenames, key menu, and the
messages) while a file is playing.
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