esdmon(1) User Commands esdmon(1)NAMEesdmon - sound monitor using the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd)
SYNOPSISesdmon [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The esdmon utility opens the esd socket and duplicates the stream being
sent to the sound device.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s hostname:port Contact the esd server on hostname at port.
-b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit for‐
mat. By default, the output is in 16-bit for‐
mat.
-h Display help text, and exit.
-m Specify that the output should be in mono for‐
mat. By default, the output is in stereo for‐
mat.
-r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to
freq. By default, the output rate is set to
44.1 kHz.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
filename Specify that the output should be written to
filename. By default, the output is written to
stdout.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Monitor sound from file "beep"
example% esdmon < beep
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/esdmon Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound
monitor.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/gnome-audio │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOesdcat(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdctl(1), esd-con‐
fig(1), libesd(3), attributes(5)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.
SunOS 5.11 8 Jan 2003 esdmon(1)