play-sound

Play sounds by shelling out to one of the available audio players.

installation

npm install play-sound

examples

var player = require('play-sound')(opts = {})
player.play('foo.mp3', function(err){
  if (err) throw err
}) // $ mplayer foo.mp3 

player.play('foo.mp3', { timeout: 300 }, function(err){  // opts will be passed to child process
  if (err) throw err
})

options

• players – List of available audio players to check. Default:
  • mplayer
  • afplay
  • mpg123
  • mpg321
  • play
  • omxplayer
• player – Audio player to use (skips availability checks)

prior art

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

license

MIT