EsounD: The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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Chapter 3. Running EsounD
3.1. esd
The Enlightened Sound Daemon
esd
[options]
option
purpose
-nobeeps
inhibits the default startup tone sequence
-d DEVICE
use audio device DEVICE (esd -h for values)
-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
-vt
enable trace diagnostic info (debug builds only)
-vc
enable comms diagnostic info (debug builds only)
-vm
enable mixer diagnostic info (debug builds only)
-port port
accept connections on given port (default=5001)
In addition, "kill -HUP esd-pid resets ownership of the daemon.
The file, ˜/.esd-auth, is used for authentication, and is
created if needed.
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