esound-0.2.29

Introduction to esound

Download location (HTTP):       http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/esound/0.2/esound-0.2.29.tar.bz2
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/esound/0.2/esound-0.2.29.tar.bz2
Version used:                   0.2.29
Package size:                   348 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  2.3 MB
Estimated build time:           0.17 SBU

The esound package contains Enlightened Sound Daemon. This is useful for mixing together several digitized audio streams for playback by a single device.

esound depends on:
audiofile-0.2.3

Installation of esound

Install esound by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc : This command put esounds configuration files in /etc instead of /use/etc.

Configuring esound

Config files

/etc/esd.conf

Configuration Information

Instructions and information about the configuration file is located in the TIPS file in the esound source directory.

Contents

The esound package contains esd, esdcat, esdctl, esdloop, esdmon, esdrec, esdsample and libesd libraries.

Description

esd

esd is the Enlightened Sound Daemon.

esdcat

esdcat plays a raw audio stream through the daemon.

esdctl

esdctl controls certain aspects of the sound daemon.

esdloop

esdloop is test scaffolding for sample cache, loop, and free.

esdmon

esdmon outputs the mixed stream from the daemon.

esdrec

esdrec outputs from the sound device's current input.

esdsample

esdsample is test scaffolding for sample cache, play back, and free.

esd libraries

esd libraries contain the functions used by esd.