Play sounds by shelling out to one of the available audio players.
npm install play-sound
var player = require('play-sound')(opts = {})
// $ mplayer foo.mp3
player.play('foo.mp3', function(err){
if (err) throw err
})
// { timeout: 300 } will be passed to child process
player.play('foo.mp3', { timeout: 300 }, function(err){
if (err) throw err
})
// configure arguments for executable if any
player.play('foo.mp3', { afplay: ['-v', 1 ] /* lower volume for afplay on OSX */ }, function(err){
if (err) throw err
})
// access the node child_process in case you need to kill it on demand
var audio = player.play('foo.mp3', function(err){
if (err && !err.killed) throw err
})
audio.kill()players– List of available audio players to check. Default:player– Audio player to use (skips availability checks)
- play.js - play sound files from node.js to your speakers
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