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<refmeta><refentrytitle>esdmon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">8 Jan 2003</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>esdmon</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>sound

monitor using the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd)</primary></indexterm><refnamediv

id="esdmon-1-name"><refname>esdmon</refname><refpurpose>sound monitor using

the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd)</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="esdmon-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command><arg choice="opt"><option>s <replaceable>

hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable></option></arg><arg

choice="opt"><option>b</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>h</option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option>m</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>r <replaceable>

freq</replaceable></option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>

filename</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para>The <command>&cmd;</command> utility opens the <filename>esd</filename> socket

and duplicates the stream being sent to the sound device.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><option>s <replaceable>

hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable></option></term><listitem>

<para>Contact the <filename>esd</filename> server on <replaceable>hostname

</replaceable> at <replaceable>port</replaceable>.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>b</option></term><listitem><para>Specify that

the output should be in 8-bit format. By default, the output is in 16-bit

format.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>h</option></term><listitem><para>Display help

text, and exit.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>m</option></term><listitem><para>Specify that

the output should be in mono format. By default, the output is in stereo format.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>r <replaceable>freq</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specify that the output rate should be set to <replaceable>

freq</replaceable>. By default, the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>

<para>The following operands are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>

filename</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specify that the output

should be written to <replaceable>filename</replaceable>. By default, the

output is written to <literal>stdout</literal>.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example"><title>Monitor sound from file "beep"</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; &lt; beep</userinput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>

<listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited with failure</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename>

</term><listitem><para>Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound monitor.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/gnome-audio

</para></entry></row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdcat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdplay</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdrec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdsample</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esd-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libesd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="esdmon-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>