esdmon(1) User Commands esdmon(1)
NAME
esdmon - sound monitor using the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd)
SYNOPSIS
esdmon [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The esdmon utility opens the esd socket and duplicates the stream being sent to the sound device. The input is read from stdin.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port.
-b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit format. By default, the output is in 16-bit format.
-h Display help text, and exit.
-m Specify that the output should be in mono format. By default, the output is in stereo format.
-r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to freq. By default, the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
filename Specify that the output should be written to filename. By default, the output is written to stdout.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Monitor sound from file "beep"
example% esdmon < beep
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/esdmon Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound monitor.
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), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)
NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 8 Jan 2003 esdmon(1)
