# A.4 Multimedia

`audiodev`
  -- Platform-independent API for playing audio data.

`linuxaudiodev`
  -- Play audio data on the Linux audio device. Replaced in Python 2.3 by the `ossaudiodev` module.

`sunaudio`
  -- Interpret Sun audio headers (may become obsolete or a tool/demo).

`toaiff`
  -- Convert "arbitrary" sound files to AIFF files; should probably become a tool or demo. Requires the external program sox.

`ossaudiodev`
  -- Play audio data via the Open Sound System API. This is usable on Linux, some flavors of BSD, and some commercial Unix platforms.