esd - The Enlightened Sound Daemon
Starts up EsounD, which provides a sound mixing server.
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 (-1 to disable)
-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 authenticaton) NOT RECOMMENDED
-terminate terminate esd daemon after last client exits
-noterminate do not terminate esd daemon after last client exits
-nobeeps disable startup beeps
-beeps enable startup beeps
-trust start esd even if use of /tmp/.esd can be insecure
-port PORT listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)
-bind ADDRESS binds to ADDRESS (only for tcp/ip)
-v --version print version information
Possible devices are: /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp2, etc.
esdcat(1),
esddsp(1),
esdloop(1),
esdplay(1),
esdsample(1),
esd-config(1),
esdctl(1),
esdfilt(1),
esdmon(1),
esdrec(1)