source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml@ 457568e

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/plugins/alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/plugins/alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-md5sum        "4facd408326ef5567a7d4ceb6589e6b0">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-size          "356 KB">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-buildsize     "5.0 MB">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="alsa-plugins" xreflabel="alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="alsa-plugins.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins">
    <primary sortas="a-alsa-plugins">alsa-plugins</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to ALSA Plugins</title>

    <para>
      The <application>ALSA Plugins</application> package contains
      plugins for various audio libraries and sound servers.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-plugins-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-plugins-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &alsa-plugins-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &alsa-plugins-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &alsa-plugins-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &alsa-plugins-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;-ffmpeg-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA Plugins Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
      <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink>,
      <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>,
      <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/> and
      <xref linkend="speex"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/alsa-plugins"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of ALSA Plugins</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>ALSA Plugins</application> by
      running the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../alsa-plugins-&alsa-plugins-version;-ffmpeg-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          Numerous libasound_module_<replaceable>&lt;module&gt;</replaceable>.so
          modules including ctl_oss, ctl_pulse, pcm_a52, pcm_jack, pcm_oss,
          pcm_pulse, pcm_upmix, pcm_usb_stream, pcm_vdownmix,
          rate_samplerate* and rate_speexrate*
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_oss.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_oss.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Allows native <application>ALSA</application> applications to
            run on <application>OSS</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_oss.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_oss">libasound_module_pcm_oss.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Allows upmixing sound to 4 or 6 channels.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_upmix">libasound_module_pcm_upmix.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Allows downmixing sound from 4-6 channels to 2
            channel stereo output.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix">libasound_module_pcm_vdownmix.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_jack.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_jack.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Allows native <application>ALSA</application> applications to
            work with <command>jackd</command>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_jack.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_jack">libasound_module_pcm_jack.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Allows native <application>ALSA</application> applications
            to access a <application>PulseAudio</application> sound
            daemon.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_pulse">libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libasound_module_pcm_a52.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_pcm_a52.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Converts S16 linear sound format to A52 compressed format
            and sends it to an SPDIF output.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_pcm_a52.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_pcm_a52">libasound_module_pcm_a52.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Provides an external rate converter through
            <filename class="libraryfile">libsamplerate</filename>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-plugins libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libasound_module_rate_samplerate">libasound_module_rate_samplerate.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>