ESD(1)

NAME
esd - The Enlightened Sound Daemon

DESCRIPTION
Starts up EsounD, which provides a sound mixing server.

USAGE
esd [options]

  -d DEVICE    force esd to use sound device DEVICE
  -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
  -unix        use unix domain sockets instead of tcp/ip
  -tcp         use tcp/ip sockets instead of unix domain
  -public      make tcp/ip access public (other than localhost)
  -promiscuous start unlocked and owned (disable authentication)
  -terminate   terminate esd daemone after last client exits
  -nobeeps     do not play startup beeps
  -port PORT   listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)
Possible devices are: /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp2, etc.

FILES /etc/esound/esd.conf daemon configuration file

SEE ALSO
esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1), esd-config(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)