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 |
Install esound by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc && make && make install |
--sysconfdir=/etc : This command put esounds configuration files in /etc instead of /use/etc.
/etc/esd.conf
Instructions and information about the configuration file is located in the TIPS file in the esound source directory.
The esound package contains esd, esdcat, esdctl, esdloop, esdmon, esdrec, esdsample and libesd libraries.
esd is the Enlightened Sound Daemon.
esdcat plays a raw audio stream through the daemon.
esdctl controls certain aspects of the sound daemon.
esdloop is test scaffolding for sample cache, loop, and free.
esdmon outputs the mixed stream from the daemon.
esdrec outputs from the sound device's current input.
esdsample is test scaffolding for sample cache, play back, and free.
esd libraries contain the functions used by esd.