03-05-2013
Please show a sample line and what the output should look like.
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esdctl
ESDCTL(1) Enlightened Sound Daemon ESDCTL(1)
NAME
esdctl - The Enlightened Sound Daemon
DESCRIPTION
Command-line control program for EsounD
USAGE
esdctl [options] [command]
options: "-s", --server=host:port contact esd server on host at port
commands:
lock foreign clients may not use the server
unlock foreign clients may use the server
standby, off suspend sound output for other programs
resume, on resume sound output
cache sample cache a sample in the server
getid name retrieve a sample id from its name
free name uncache a sample in the server
play name play a cached sample once
loop name make a cached sample loop
stop name stop the looping sample at end
serverinfo get server info from server
allinfo get player and sample info from server
panstream id left right set panning for a stream
pansample id left right set default panning for a sample
- left/right pan values scaled to 256.
standbymode see if server's on standby, etc.
SEE ALSO
esd(1), esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1), esd-config(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)
3rd Berkeley Distribution EsounD 0.2.28 ESDCTL(1)