.\" bplay man page
.\"
.\" Project Blinkenlights 2004
.\"
.Dd February 24, 2004
.Dt BPLAY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bplay
.Nd playback Blinkenlights movies using AA-Lib
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl options
.Op Ar filename
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is designed to read Blinkenlights movies in various file formats and
to play them back on the console using AA-Lib.
.Pp
.Nm
automatically detects the file type by looking at the incoming data.
.Pp
If
.Ar filename
is omitted, the data is read via standard input. The output is sent to
standard output unless an output file is given via the command line.
.Sh OPTIONS
The following options are recognized by b2b.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "--concatenate" -compact
.Pp
.It Fl l
.It Fl -loop
Loop the movie playback forever.
.Ar number
times.
.Pp
.It Fl ?
.It Fl -help
Display help
.Pp
.It Fl V
.It Fl -version
Display version number and quit immediately.
.El
.Sh AUTHOR
.An Sven Neumann Aq sven@gimp.org
.Sh SEE ALSO
Project Blinkenlights Home Page http://www.blinkenlights.de/
.Pp
.Xr b2b 1 ,
.Xr blib 3
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Ex -std