EsounD

The Enlightened Sound Daemon

Eric 'Ricdude Mitchell


Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Caveats
Requirements
2. Downloading, Compiling, and Installing
Downloading
Compiling
Installing
3. Running EsounD
esd
esdctl
esdcat, esdmon, esdrec
esdsample, esdloop
Environment Variables
4. Miscellaneous Information
New Features
Known Problems, Deficiencies, and Possible Workarounds
Planned Development and Top Suggestions So Far...
Planned Feature Additions
5. Enlightened Sound Daemon Aware Audio Programs
eMusic
The Extended Module Player
mpg123
6. The EsounD API
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7. Rough Design Docs
Covered Formats
Client/Server Organization
The Audio Signal Path
Authentication Model
The Player Type
Anything Else?
I. EsounD Command Reference
esd — The Enlightened Sound Daemon
A. Remaining details
Use of the word dude