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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} playaudio (@var{name}, @var{ext})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} playaudio (@var{x})
+## Play the audio file @file{@var{name}.@var{ext}} or the audio data
+## stored in the vector @var{x}.
+## @seealso{lin2mu, mu2lin, loadaudio, saveaudio, setaudio, record}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: AW <Andreas.Weingessel@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
+## Created: 11 April 1994
+## Adapted-By: jwe
+
+function playaudio (name, ext)
+
+ if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (nargin == 1 && isnumeric (name))
+ ## play a vector
+ if (! isvector (name))
+ error ("playaudio: X must be a vector");
+ endif
+ X = name(:) + 127;
+ unwind_protect
+ file = tmpnam ();
+ fid = fopen (file, "wb");
+ fwrite (fid, X, "uchar");
+ fclose (fid);
+ [status, out] = system (sprintf ('cat "%s" > /dev/dsp', file));
+ if (status != 0)
+ system (sprintf ("paplay --raw \"%s\"", file))
+ endif
+ unwind_protect_cleanup
+ unlink (file);
+ end_unwind_protect
+ elseif (nargin >= 1 && ischar (name))
+ ## play a file
+ if (nargin == 1)
+ name = [name ".lin"];
+ elseif (nargin == 2)
+ name = [name "." ext];
+ endif
+ if (any (strcmp (ext, {"lin", "raw"})))
+ [status, out] = system (sprintf ('cat "%s" > /dev/dsp', name));
+ if (status != 0)
+ system (sprintf ('paplay --raw "%s"', name))
+ endif
+ elseif (any (strcmp (ext, {"mu", "au" "snd", "ul"})))
+ [status, out] = system (sprintf ('cat "%s" > /dev/audio', name));
+ if (status != 0)
+ system (sprintf ('paplay "%s"', name))
+ endif
+ else
+ error ("playaudio: unsupported extension '%s'", ext);
+ endif
+ else
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%% Test input validation
+%!error playaudio ()
+%!error playaudio (1,2,3)
+%!error <X must be a vector> playaudio (magic (3))
+%!error <unsupported extension> playaudio ("file", "abc")
+%!error playaudio ({"abc"})
+