roarcat, roarmon - RoarAudio sound server base clients
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Audio Options
--rateRATE, -RRATE
Set server sample rate.
--bitsBITS, -BBITS
Set server bits.
--chansCHANNELS, -CCHANNELS
Set server channels.
Bugs
There are a lot of bugs...
Description
This are some basic clients for RoarAuido. Some more complex are listen in the SEE ALSO block. For
controlling roard take a look at roarctl(1). For a simple Ogg Vorbis player take a look at roarvorbis(1)
(ogg123 supportes RoarAudio via libao plugin).
roarcat
Sends raw PCM audio data from a file or stdin (pipe) to the sound server.
roarmon
Gets a copy of the audio data the server sends to the soundcard. This is useful for streaming to a
server like icecast2(1).
Environment Variables
Below only the basic environment variables are listend. For a complete list see libroar(7).
HOME The users home directory.
ROAR_SERVER
The address of the listening server. This may be in form of host:port for TCP/IP connections and
/path/to/sock for UNIX Domain Sockets or any other supported format. See roartips(7) for a full
list. This is the same as the --server option.
General Options
NOTE:Thislistisincomplete! In addition to this list all three programs provide compatible options
for esdcat, esdmon. You can just replace the "esd" in the name with "roar" or use symlinks. This options
are for compatibly only and should not used in new programs.
--help Print some help text.
History
For history information see RoarAudio(7).
RoarAudio July 2008 roarbaseclients(1)
Name
roarcat, roarmon - RoarAudio sound server base clients
Network Options
--serverSERVER
The server to connect to.
See Also
roarctl(1), roarvorbis(1), roarfish(1), roartestclients(1), roartips(7), libroar(7), RoarAudio(7).
Synopsis
roarcat [OPTIONS]... [FILE]
roarmon [OPTIONS]...
