source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa/utils/alsa-utils-desc.xml@ 96ee548

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<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>ALSA</acronym> Utilities</application> package 
contains <command>aconnect</command>, 
<command>alsactl</command>, <command>alsamixer</command>,
<command>amixer</command>, <command>aplay</command>,
<command>arecord</command> and <command>aseqnet</command>.</para>

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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>aconnect</title>
<para><command>aconnect</command> is a utility for connecting and disconnecting two existing ports in the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sequencer system.</para>
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<sect3><title>alsactl</title>
<para><command>alsactl</command> is used to control advanced settings
for the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>alsamixer</title>
<para><command>alsamixer</command> is an ncurses-based mixer program for
use with the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>amixer</title>
<para><command>amixer</command> allows command-line control of the
mixers for the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>aplay</title>
<para><command>aplay</command> is a command-line soundfile player for
the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>arecord</title>
<para><command>arecord</command> is a command-line soundfile recorder
for the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sound card drivers.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>aseqnet</title>
<para><command>aseqnet</command> is an <acronym>ALSA</acronym> sequencer 
client which sends and receives event packets over a network.</para></sect3>

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