source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-plugins.xml@ bdf22d74

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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        "15a3fbbea779736b6425f43bbd051a32">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-size          "187 KB">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-buildsize     "1.8">
  <!ENTITY alsa-plugins-time          "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 <application>OSS</application> and <application>JACK</application>.
    </para>

    <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">ALSA Plugins Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><ulink url="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</ulink></para>

    <note>
      <para>Although <application>JACK</application> is noted optional. the
      current configure script fails if it is not installed.  Therefore you must
      install <application>JACK</application> even if you want only the
      <application>OSS</application> plugin.</para>
    </note>

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./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>

    <para>If you wish to build the <application>JACK</application>
    PCM plugin library, run the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>cd pcm/jack &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <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 Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_jack.so and
        /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/alsa-lib</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_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>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>