1ESD(1) Enlightened Sound Daemon ESD(1)
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6 esd - The Enlightened Sound Daemon
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9 Starts up EsounD, which provides a sound mixing server.
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12 esd [options]
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14 -d DEVICE force esd to use sound device DEVICE
15 -b run server in 8 bit sound mode
16 -r RATE run server at sample rate of RATE
17 -as SECS free audio device after SECS of inactivity (-1 to disable)
18 -unix use unix domain sockets instead of tcp/ip
19 -tcp use tcp/ip sockets instead of unix domain
20 -public make tcp/ip access public (other than localhost)
21 -promiscuous start unlocked and owned (disable authenticaton) NOT RECOMMENDED
22 -terminate terminate esd daemon after last client exits
23 -noterminate do not terminate esd daemon after last client exits
24 -nobeeps disable startup beeps
25 -beeps enable startup beeps
26 -trust start esd even if use of /tmp/.esd can be insecure
27 -port PORT listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)
28 -bind ADDRESS binds to ADDRESS (only for tcp/ip)
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30 -v --version print version information
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36 esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1), esd-con‐
37 fig(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)
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413rd Berkeley Distribution EsounD 0.2.41 ESD(1)