Re: Enlightened Sound Daemon version 0.2

[Russell Nelson <nelson crynwr com>]

FYI.  There was some discussion about gnome sound earlier.


"Eric B. Mitchell" <emitchell@altaira.com> writes:

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> I am pleased to announce the preliminary release of the 
> Enlightened Sound Daemon (EsounD version 0.2) for Linux.  
> More details at <URL:http://www.netcom.com/~ericmit/EsounD.html>.
> This program is designed to mix together several digitized 
> audio streams for playback by a single device.  The current 
> list of features includes the following functionality:
> 
>  o  A simple authentication scheme is implemented.  The first
>     process to present a 16 byte key to the daemon determines
>     the ownership of the daemon.  The owner of the daemon may
>     allow or disallow connections from other keys.  If a HUP
>     signal is received, ownership of the daemon is reset.
> 
>  o  Playback of multiple digital samples simultaneously is 
>     supported.  The daemon uses a raw sample format which 
>     is easily generated by the SOX utility from many other 
>     data formats.
> 
>  o  The mixed audio data may be output from the daemon as a
>     "monitor" stream.
> 
>  o  Recording from the current input of the sound device is
>     supported.  Full duplex operation (simultaneous recording
>     and playback) is supported.
> 
>  o  Client connections may cache samples for playback by an 
>     assigned identification number.  For example, a window
>     manager may cache samples in the server for playback on
>     various events, and play them back without replaying the
>     full audio stream for the sample.  Samples may be looped
>     until the server receives a "stop sample" message. 
> 
> Currently, the only platform supported is Linux.  It is intended
> that this program support multiple platforms.  I have limited
> access to other Unix platforms, so any help in porting the
> Enlightened Sound Daemon to other platforms is appreciated.  
> The amp program, by Tomislav Uzelac may be a good reference 
> for porting the audio interface to other platforms.
> 
> This is to be considered an alpha release, as functionality
> remains to be implemented.
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