SoundPlayer

NodeJS SoundPlayer

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Supports the following sound players

• AFPLAY(mac)
• FFPLAY
• APLAY,
• MPG321,
• MPG123
• SoundPlayer(windows)

Nodejs soundplayer wrapper for several command line sound players (above). It is important to note that each of these players need to be installed before they can be used by the lib.

Tip: Use 'aplay' to play '.wav' audio files, 'mpg321' and 'mpg123' for playing 'mp3' files.

/**
 * Window: soundplayer's does not support setting the volume, and only supports audio files in WAV format.
 * Linux: If the system is not integrated, you need to install a third-party package.
 * Mac: afplay's volume is from 0 to 255, default is 1. However, volume > 2 usually result in distortion.
 * Therefore, it is better to limit the volume on Mac, and set a common scale of 0 to 1 for simplicity
 */

This library also attempts to provide additional support for parameters such as specifying audio device and gain (volume). These are specified using the options parameter.

Installation

Great idea to update your OS

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

Debian/Ubuntu - MPG123

sudo apt-get install mpg123 npm install sound-player

Debian/Ubuntu - MPG321

sudo apt-get install mpg321 npm install sound-player

Debian/Ubuntu - APLAY

sudo apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils

Install Npm Package

npm install x-sound-player

yarn add x-sound-player

Example Usage

import { join } from "path";
import { soundPlayer, PlayOptions } from "x-sound-player";

// All options
const options: PlayOptions = {
  soundPath: join(__dirname, "./test/audios/notify.wav"),
  volume: 2,
  time: 3,
};

// instantiation with options
await soundPlayer
  .play(options)
  .then(() => {
    console.log("play success");
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error("play fail");
  });

// or
const result = await soundPlayer.playAsync(options);
if (result.stderr) {
  console.error("play fail");
}

See the tests folder for more samples.

Note: On a mac, afplay is selected by default if no player parameter is provided. aplay is selected by default on other OS types.

Test

npm run test

What is my audio device id?

You can check your audio device using the following command (you need aplay installed.)

aplay -L