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The point he's making is that having something that just dumps an audio file to the sound output isn't usually what you want anymore. Now you expect to have au
by mlyle 3y ago
The point he's making is that having something that just dumps an audio file to the sound output isn't usually what you want anymore. Now you expect to have audio controls and a UI, as compared to when I would cat smellsliketeenspirit.au > /dev/audio
> this is a pretty ignorant comment.
You're free to disagree, but don't do it this way.
- 2h 3y ago> just dumps an audio file to the sound output did you even read the linked page? thats not all this can do by a long shot.
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- shmerl 3y agosox has a lot of functionality besides playing an audio file. Like synthesizers to generate audio, filters and so on.
- hulitu 3y agoCommand line is a type of _UI_, sometimes better than other types of UX. And the audio controls are part of the command's arguments.
- scbrg 3y agoThis is a weird take. The command is obviously useful in the context it's useful in. To point out that it's less useful outside that context is not very meaningful. It's like saying ls is the wrong command, because "what you want is a full file manager, with thumbnails and drag and drop and whatnot". Well, if that's what you want, you're obviously in a different context than the one you're in when you're reading the man page of ls, no?