Marvellous! I've always been somewhat daunted by the mplayer manual, so this piece of enlightenment is truly well received.
I have to ask, though, how do I get SDL games to use this ESD server too? Many thanks, TreeBoy On Thursday 09 Jun 2005 15:18, Cam wrote: > Thanks!... i've been working w/ for the same thing but failed (i was > also trying NAS). Anyway, i used to use esddsp a long time ago, but > i've kind of forgotten the in's and outs... if you use mplayer though, > that has an esd output plugin. (or, AFAIK, anything written in SDL can > use esd, so basically any game should be cool). > > Cameron Matheson > > On 6/9/05, TreeBoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having failed with NAS, here is what I have done with esound. > > > > esound was already installed (part of Gnome) on both the laptop and the > > desktop. > > > > First I have to configure the server on the laptop: > > > > I've changed the file /etc/esd.conf to show: > > > > [esd] > > auto_spawn=1 > > spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 5 > > spawn_wait_ms=100 > > # default options are used in spawned and non-spawned mode > > default_options=-public -tcp -promiscuous > > > > The important bits here are the first and last lines. > > > > After this is done you start esd in the background by using: > > > > esd & > > > > > > I then installed esound-clients on the laptop and did: > > > > esdplay test.wav > > > > Got nothing! > > > > Ran alsamixer and unmuted, tried again: SUCCESS! > > > > So, I installed esound-clients on the desktop, ran the following command: > > > > esdplay -s laptop test.wav > > > > SUCCESS! > > > > > > Then I configured xmms on the desktop to use the eSound output and > > specified the hostname of my laptop as the destination. > > > > SUCCESS!!! > > > > I haven't yet found how to use esddsp, which I believe I need to use xine > > or whatever. I just get no noise at all and no error message - dagnabbit! > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > On Sunday 29 May 2005 20:06, TreeBoy wrote: > > > Hi, again. > > > > > > Managed to get it working (sort of!). > > > > > > I have a desktop machine that sits in another room because the > > > flashing lights and the noisy fans would not be allowed into the living > > > room. > > > > > > I have a laptop that I use all the time connected to the desktop. I run > > > X on the desktop and view it's contents on the laptop with the > > > following command; > > > > > > X -query desktop :1 > > > > > > I am not able to get to log in remotely using kdm. > > > > > > First of all, I had to install nas (the server package) on the laptop. > > > > > > Then I installed nas-bin (the client utils) on the desktop. > > > > > > I then had to change the /etc/default/nas file on the laptop to have > > > the "-aa" option to allow unauthenticated connections. > > > > > > I was then able to run > > > > > > auinfo > > > > > > on the laptop's konsole and it said everything was fine. > > > > > > I was also able to execute the following on a remote konsole on the > > > desktop (i.e. sat at the laptop in KDE on the desktop): > > > > > > auinfo -audio tcp/laptop:8000 > > > > > > and get the results I needed. > > > > > > When I then execute: > > > > > > audial -audio tcp/laptop:8000 -volume 50 0123 > > > > > > and get the tones come out of the laptop!!! > > > > > > Unfortunately, when I then tell KDE to use the NAS, I get segfaults - > > > so it does not work. > > > > > > Next I'm going to look at ESD and then aRTS if that fails. > > > > > > Will let you know. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > TreeBoy > > > > > > On Thursday 26 May 2005 00:46, Marty wrote: > > > > TreeBoy wrote: > > > > > Do you mean NAS (Network Audio System) which is available on Debian > > > > > now. > > > > > > > > That seems to be something else. The slashdot discussion is about > > > > X.org's MAS (media application server), and the posting links to this > > > > web site: > > > > > > > > http://www.mediaapplicationserver.net/ > > > > > > > > Since this is an X.org project, I suspect we have to wait until > > > > Debian completes the transition from XFree86 to X.org. > > > > > > > > > I'm intending to try and sort this out for myself this very > > > > > weekend. > > > > > > > > > > I'll post if you're interested. > > > > > > > > I would be interested. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > TreeBoy > > > > -- > > BOFH excuse #53: > > > > Little hamster in running wheel had coronary; waiting for replacement to > > be Fedexed from Wyoming > > > > > > -- > > BOFH excuse #260: > > > > We're upgrading /dev/null > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- BOFH excuse #239: CPU needs bearings repacked -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
