Re: Sound over X
You're entirely righ.
I really should just try things first and see what happens after.
Many thanks, again.
Regards,
Peter
On Thursday 09 Jun 2005 16:12, Cam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's really been too long since i've played a game... IIRC you just
> need to install the package libsdl1.2-esd (by default it installs
> libsdl1.2-oss (response time is probably better that way?)
>
> Good luck,
> Cameron Matheson
>
> On 6/9/05, TreeBoy <debian-user@petethetree.co.uk> wrote:
> > 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 <debian-user@petethetree.co.uk> 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
> > > >
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