cast/cmd/audio_linux.go at main · hmmhmmhm/cast

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//go:build linux

package cmd

import (

"fmt"

"os/exec"

)

// playFile tries common Linux audio player 4873 s in order of preference.

// Attempts: paplay (PulseAudio), aplay (ALSA), ffplay, mpv

func playFile(path, format string) error {

type player struct {

cmd string

args []string

}

players := []player{

{"paplay", []string{path}},

{"aplay", []string{path}},

{"ffplay", []string{"-nodisp", "-autoexit", path}},

{"mpv", []string{"--no-video", path}},

{"vlc", []string{"--intf", "dummy", "--play-and-exit", path}},

{"play", []string{path}},

}

for _, p := range players {

if _, err := exec.LookPath(p.cmd); err != nil {

continue

}

if err := exec.Command(p.cmd, p.args...).Run(); err == nil {

return nil

}

return fmt.Errorf("no audio player could play the file; try saving with --out and playing manually")

}