esd(1) [debian man page]

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 (-1 to disable)
         -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 authenticaton) NOT RECOMMENDED
         -terminate    terminate esd daemon after last client exits
         -noterminate  do not terminate esd daemon after last client exits
         -nobeeps      disable startup beeps
         -beeps        enable startup beeps
         -trust        start esd even if use of /tmp/.esd can be insecure
         -port PORT    listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)
         -bind ADDRESS binds to ADDRESS (only for tcp/ip)

         -v --version  print version information

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

FILES 
/etc/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 0.2.41                                                            ESD(1)

libesd.3(3)						 Introduction to Library Functions					       libesd.3(3)

NAME

       libesd - GNOME Enlightenment Sound Daemon Interface library

DESCRIPTION

       The libesd library provides access to the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd).  The Enlightened Sound Daemon is launched automatically by libesd
       if the daemon is not already present. A sockets connection is managed with the daemon by this API.  The connection allows sound data to	be
       written to the daemon for playback, or read from the daemon for recording purposes.

       The  daemon will automatically sample an incoming stream from a client to the best format that is supported by the sound device. Therefore,
       client programs do not have to be concerned with writing platform-specific code for handling sound data.

       The daemon supports caching. Each sample is given an ID tag, and sound data can then be accessed via this API with this ID tag.

       If the audio device supports simultaneous record and playback at the same bit resolution, bit rate, and number of channels (in other words,
       is full duplex), then the daemon and API also supports simultaneous reading and writing from the audio device.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/lib/libesd.so      GNOME Enlightened Sound Daemon Interface shared library

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-audio		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

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

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    10 Jan 2003 						       libesd.3(3)