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esd - The Enlightened Sound Daemon
Starts up EsounD, which provides a sound mixing server.
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.
esdcat(1)
, esddsp(1)
, esdloop(1)
, esdplay(1)
, esdsample(1)
, esd-con_fig(1)
,
esdctl(1)
, esdfilt(1)
, esdmon(1)
, esdrec(1)
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