C Library Functions                                     libesd(3)



NAME
     libesd - GNOME Enlightenment Sound Daemon Interface library

DESCRIPTION
     The libesd library provides access to the Enlightened  Sound
     Daemon  (esd).   The  Enlightened  Sound  Daemon is launched
     automatically  by  libesd  if  the  daemon  is  not  already
     present.  A sockets connection is managed with the daemon by
     this API.  The connection allows sound data to be written to
     the daemon for playback, or read from the daemon for record-
     ing purposes.

     The daemon will automatically sample an incoming stream from
     a  client  to the best format that is supported by the sound
     device. Therefore, client programs do not have  to  be  con-
     cerned  with  writing  platform-specific  code  for handling
     sound data.

     The daemon supports caching. Each sample is given an ID tag,
     and  sound  data can then be accessed via this API with this
     ID tag.

     If the audio device supports simultaneous record  and  play-
     back  at  the  same  bit resolution, bit rate, and number of
     channels (in other words, is full duplex), then  the  daemon
     and  API also supports simultaneous reading and writing from
     the audio device.

FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/lib/libesd.so      GNOME   Enlightened   Sound   Daemon
                             Interface shared library



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-audio             
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     esdcat(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1),  esdsample(1),  esdmon(1),
     esdctl(1), esd-config(1) attributes(5)



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C Library Functions                                     libesd(3)



NOTES
     Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.





















































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