pipewire/man/pw-cat.1.xml.in

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<manpage name="pw-cat" section="1" desc="Play an Record media with PipeWire">

  <synopsis>
	  <cmd>pw-cat [<arg>options</arg>] [<arg>FILE</arg>]</cmd>
	  <cmd>pw-play [<arg>options</arg>] [<arg>FILE</arg>]</cmd>
	  <cmd>pw-record [<arg>options</arg>] [<arg>FILE</arg>]</cmd>
	  <cmd>pw-midiplay [<arg>options</arg>] [<arg>FILE</arg>]</cmd>
	  <cmd>pw-midirecord [<arg>options</arg>] [<arg>FILE</arg>]</cmd>
  </synopsis>

  <description>
    <p><file>pw-cat</file> is a simple tool for playing back or
    capturing raw or encoded media files on a PipeWire
    server. It understands all audio file formats supported by
    <file>libsndfile</file>.</p>
  </description>

  <options>

     <option>
      <p><opt>-h | --help</opt></p>

      <optdesc><p>Show help.</p></optdesc>
    </option>

    <option>
      <p><opt>--version</opt></p>
      <optdesc><p>Show version information.</p></optdesc>
    </option>

    <option>
      <p><opt>-v | --verbose</opt></p>
      <optdesc><p>Verbose operation.</p></optdesc>
    </option>

    <option>
       <p><opt>-R | --remote</opt></p>
       <optdesc><p>The name the remote instance to connect to. If left unspecified,
       a connection is made to the default PipeWire instance.</p></optdesc>
     </option>

    <option>
       <p><opt>-p | --playback</opt></p>
       <optdesc><p>Playback mode. Read data from the specified file, and play it back. If the tool is called under the name <file>pw-play</file> or <file>pw-midiplay</file> this is the default.</p></optdesc>
    </option>

    <option>
       <p><opt>-r | --record</opt></p>
       <optdesc><p>Recording mode. Capture data and write it to the specified file. If the tool is called under the name <file>pw-record</file> or <file>pw-midirecord</file> this is the default.</p></optdesc>
    </option>

    <option>
       <p><opt>-m | --midi</opt></p>
       <optdesc><p>Midi mode. FILE is a midi file. If the tool is called under the name <file>pw-midiplay</file> or <file>pw-midirecord</file> this is the default.</p></optdesc>
    </option>

  </options>

  <section name="Authors">
    <p>The PipeWire Developers &lt;@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@&gt;; PipeWire is available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p>
  </section>

  <section name="See also">
    <p>
      <manref name="pipewire" section="1"/>,
      <manref name="pw-mon" section="1"/>,
    </p>
  </section>

</manpage>