Message written at 9 Dec 1997 10:11:13 +0000
In-reply-to: <3485E975.5375@cableinet.co.uk> (message from Richard Dobson on
	Wed, 03 Dec 1997 23:21:25 +0000)
References: <348582CF.5AA7@ns.sympatico.ca> <3485E975.5375@cableinet.co.uk>

> 2)  to make Csound write a file in WAV format, you need to add the -W
> flag,
> 
> so the whole command becomes
> 	csound -W -o myname.wav intro.orc intro.sco
> 
> though if you write to devaudio (given it works...), in fact you then
> don't need to use the -W flag. 

Alternatively if you set the environment parameter SFOUTYP to WAV you
will not need to specify -W.  -A would override to AIFF.

> It looks as though your command-line version of csound doesn't have the
> rt playback implemented, though there is no technical reason for it not
> to.  I have it working in my commandline build of 3.45; I will check
> with John Fitch about this (needs RTAUDIO etc defining for the
> commandline build).

Well I think that there is a technical reason!  The command line-only
version is a DOS program, and there is no multimedia library for that
system.  I did try and fail to drive the SoundBlaster -- well it did
give some sounds but never good enough.  If you are using W95 then the
windows version used as a command line has the code for -o devaudio.
Personally I almost never use it as the sounds I generate rarely are
upto real time.

==John ff