play.js - play sound files from node.js to your speakers

Installing play.js

 npm install soundplayer

USAGE

  var SoundPlayer = require('soundplayer')
  
  var player=new SoundPlayer();

  // play with a callback
  player.sound('./wavs/sfx/intro.wav', function(){

    // these are all "fire and forget", no callback
    player.sound('./wavs/sfx/alarm.wav');
    player.sound('./wavs/sfx/crinkle.wav');
    player.sound('./wavs/sfx/flush.wav');
    player.sound('./wavs/sfx/ding.wav');
    
  });

  //If you want to know when the player has defintely started playing
  player.on('play', function (valid) {
    console.log('I just started playing!');
  });
  var sound=player.sound('./wavs/sfx/ding.wav');

  //If you want to know if this can't play for some reason
  sound.on('error', function (error) {
    console.error('I can't play!', error);
  });

CLI DEMO

 cd examples
 node demo.js

Requirements

Node.js

One of the CLI based audio player

• 'mpg123'
• 'mpg321'
• 'play'
• (anyother cli based audio player)

If you know that a certain player will exist in the CLI you can actually force it to use that specific player using the usePlayer function (see below for specifics)