[ff769b8c] | 1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[48b7295] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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[26bb7781] | 5 |
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[1f99409] | 6 | <!ENTITY libao-download-http "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ao/libao-&libao-version;.tar.gz">
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[26bb7781] | 7 | <!ENTITY libao-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/libao-&libao-version;.tar.gz">
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[1f99409] | 8 | <!ENTITY libao-md5sum "12e136a4c0995068ff134997c84421ed">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY libao-size "387 KB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY libao-buildsize "3.8 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY libao-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[48b7295] | 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[f45b1953] | 14 | <sect1 id="libao" xreflabel="libao-&libao-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[dd3f20f0] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="libao.html"?>
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[f45b1953] | 20 | <title>libao-&libao-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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[48b7295] | 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Introduction to <application>libao</application></title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>The <application>libao</application> package contains a cross-platform
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[26bb7781] | 26 | audio library. This is useful to output audio on a wide variety of platforms.
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| 27 | It currently supports <acronym>WAV</acronym> files, <acronym>OSS</acronym>
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[1f99409] | 28 | (Open Sound System), <acronym>ESD</acronym> (Enlighten Sound Daemon),
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| 29 | <acronym>ALSA</acronym> (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture), NAS (Network
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| 30 | Audio system) and Polypaudio (next generation
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| 31 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> sound architecture).</para>
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[48b7295] | 32 |
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| 33 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 34 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 36 | url="&libao-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 37 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 38 | url="&libao-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[4a21942] | 39 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &libao-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[48b7295] | 40 | <listitem><para>Download size: &libao-size;</para></listitem>
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[26bb7781] | 41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[48b7295] | 42 | &libao-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 44 | &libao-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 45 | </sect3>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <sect3><title><application>libao</application> dependencies</title>
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| 48 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[26bb7781] | 49 | <para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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| 50 | <xref linkend="esound"/>,
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| 51 | <xref linkend="alsa"/>,
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[1f99409] | 52 | <xref linkend="arts"/>,
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| 53 | <xref linkend="nas"/> and
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| 54 | <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/polypaudio/">Polypaudio</ulink>
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| 55 | </para>
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[26bb7781] | 56 | </sect4>
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[48b7295] | 57 | </sect3>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | </sect2>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <sect2>
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| 62 | <title>Installation of <application>libao</application></title>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Install <application>libao</application> by running the following
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| 65 | commands:</para>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[1f99409] | 68 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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[48b7295] | 73 |
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| 74 | </sect2>
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| 75 |
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[26bb7781] | 76 | <sect2>
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| 77 | <title>Configuring <application>libao</application></title>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 80 | <para><filename>/etc/libao.conf</filename> and
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| 81 | <filename>~/.libao</filename></para>
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| 82 | </sect3>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect3><title>Configuration information</title>
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| 85 | <para>Currently, the only configuration option available is setting the
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| 86 | default output device. Issue <command>man libao.conf</command> for
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| 87 | details.</para>
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| 88 | </sect3>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | </sect2>
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| 91 |
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[48b7295] | 92 | <sect2>
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| 93 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 94 |
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[26bb7781] | 95 | <para>The <application>libao</application> package contains
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| 96 | <filename class="libraryfile">libao</filename> libraries and
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| 97 | plugins.</para>
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[48b7295] | 98 |
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| 99 | </sect2>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <sect3><title>ao libraries</title>
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[26bb7781] | 104 | <para><filename class="libraryfile">libao</filename> libraries provide
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| 105 | functions for programs wishing to output sound over supported
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| 106 | platforms.</para></sect3>
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[48b7295] | 107 |
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| 108 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 109 |
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| 110 | </sect1>
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