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From: Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: 14.1: /dev/audio gone?  Is there a replacement?
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:52:02 -0400
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Solved.

I previously asked:
> After upgrading to 14.1, it looks like /dev/audio is gone.
 [...]
> I used to be able to do "cp somesound.au /dev/audio".
> What, if anything, is the replacement?

Found one: "sndfile-play somesound.au"

from /usr/local/bin/sndfile-play from the libsndfile package/port.
 -WBE