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Select Terminate and the window will close. Once you close the window, you might get a warning that closing Terminal will terminate the afplay process. To do this, add & disown after the path to the audio file:Īfplay /Users/itechno8/Downloads/file.wav & disown You can also choose to close the Terminal window after starting a song this will keep the song playing in the background, but you need to change the command you use. Once a song starts, you can stop the afplay command by pressing Control + C. (To get the file path for any file, simply select the file in Finder and press Cmd + Option + C to copy it to your keyboard.)

To play an audio file from inside Terminal, run the afplay command followed by the path of the audio file you want to play.Īfplay /Users/itechno8/Downloads/file.wav There are commands that you can use to not only play audio files directly from inside Terminal, but to convert audio files as well.įirst, launch the Terminal app on your Mac from Applications > Utilities or from Spotlight. If you frequently find yourself working inside Terminal and want to play an audio file, there's no need to leave the app. These are larger files than those of the lossy formats.The Terminal app is the gateway for command-line access in macOS. Delivers a sound that's superior to Audible formats 2, 3, and 4. Uncompressed and 64 kbps, deemed to have CD-quality sound. Format 4, with a bitrate 32 kbps, has sound quality comparable to an MP3. Format 3 at 16 kbps delivers sound equal to that of an FM radio. Lossy format 2 delivers 8 kbps of sound, on a par with AM radio. Lossy format that carries up to six channels of music.Īn enhanced version of Dolby Digital that offers increased bitrates and support for more audio channels. Lossy format, and the most popular of the audio types used for digital music. Often used on audio CDs, the data isn't compressed, so the files are large, but the quality is good. When decompressed, the audio is identical to the original. Provides lossless compression of digital audio. You can't burn these to CDs.ĭelivers no quality loss of music tracks at all. HE-AAC files are also called MPEG-4 AAC files.Īll songs sold on iTunes before 2009. A lossy format that includes Digital Right Management (DRM).

HE-AAC and HE-AAC v2 (High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)īoth versions are lossy compression formats good for software media players, streaming music, and internet radio. A lossy audio format optimized for streaming audio and low-bitrate applications