ESD(1)							     Enlightened Sound Daemon							    ESD(1)

NAME

       esd - The Enlightened Sound Daemon

DESCRIPTION

       Starts up EsounD, which provides a sound mixing server.

USAGE

       esd [options]

	 -d DEVICE    force esd to use sound device DEVICE
	 -b	      run server in 8 bit sound mode
	 -r RATE      run server at sample rate of RATE
	 -as SECS     free audio device after SECS of inactivity
	 -unix	      use unix domain sockets instead of tcp/ip
	 -tcp	      use tcp/ip sockets instead of unix domain
	 -public      make tcp/ip access public (other than localhost)
	 -promiscuous start unlocked and owned (disable authentication)
	 -terminate   terminate esd daemone after last client exits
	 -nobeeps     do not play startup beeps
	 -port PORT   listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)

       Possible devices are:  /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp2, etc.

FILES 
/etc/esound/esd.conf		daemon configuration file
SEE ALSO

       esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1), esd-config(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)

3rd Berkeley Distribution					   EsounD 0.2.28							    ESD(1)