Sound in KMail

SCSI2 scsitwo at tfz.net
Sat Jul 6 21:29:30 BST 2002


artsdsp wavplay /stuff/garbage.wav
play /stuff/garbage.wav

Neither works for me in KMail or in a terminal for that wav or any other.


On Saturday July 6 2002 15:52, Scott Wheeler wrote:
> artsdsp wavplay /stuff/garbage.wav
>
> should do it.  I'm pretty sure SuSE 8.0 comes with wavplay (I use 7.3 and
> it did.).
>
> I'm also CCing in the fine folks on the KMail list.  They should be able to
> help you if you have further questions.
>
> Cheers!
>
> -Scott
>
> On Saturday 06 July 2002 3:43, scsitwo at tfz.net wrote:
> > I am new to Linux and have KMail 1.4 in KDE 3.0.0 on SuSe 8.0. I note in
> > the KMail Network/Receiving settings that I can select various things to
> > happen when I receive mail such as notification via the system beep, etc.
> > Well, I have a wav file I wish to play. Most mail clients in other OS's
> > allow you to select the default sound or browse for a different sound. I
> > see that KMail asks for a command line rather than simply a file name to
> > execute a sound. So...lets say I have /stuff/garbage.wav and I want it to
> > play when a message arrives (embedded rather than having an app pop up to
> > play it). What is
>
> linux
>
> > looking for to execute something to play /stuff/garbage.wav in an
> > embedded manner?
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