alsa-project/alsa-utils issue #219 was opened from jidanni:

$ speaker-test --nloops 1 makes a pink noise for about one second.

On the man page mention how to make this into say a half second, as some users would like to listen to shorter test sounds, and no matter if the user does ``` $ speaker-test --device hdmi:HDMI -c 2 --nloops 1 --period 5 $ speaker-test --device hdmi:HDMI -c 2 --nloops 1 --period 50 $ speaker-test --device hdmi:HDMI -c 2 --nloops 1 --period 500 $ speaker-test --device hdmi:HDMI -c 2 --nloops 1 --period 5000 ``` what the user hears is exactly the same, therefore --period is not what controls this item.

I am saying that some users can confirm their speakers work without listing to a full second of pink noise, and thus would like a way to listen to a shorter length.

As far as ```

-b | --buffer TIME Use buffer size of TIME microseconds. When 0 is given, use the maximal buffer size. The default value is 0.

-p | --period TIME Use period size of TIME microseconds. When 0 is given, the pe‐ riods given by -P option is used. The default value is 0. ``` are concerned, they must be documenting something completely different.

Debian Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.2.8-1

Issue URL : https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/issues/219 Repository URL: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils