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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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 |
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6 | <!ENTITY libao-download-http "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ao/libao-&libao-version;.tar.gz">
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7 | <!ENTITY libao-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/libao-&libao-version;.tar.gz">
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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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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="libao" xreflabel="libao-&libao-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="libao.html"?>
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20 | <title>libao-&libao-version;</title>
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21 |
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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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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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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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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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39 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &libao-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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40 | <listitem><para>Download size: &libao-size;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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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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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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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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56 | </sect4>
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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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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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73 |
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74 | </sect2>
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75 |
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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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92 | <sect2>
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93 | <title>Contents</title>
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94 |
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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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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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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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107 |
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108 | </sect2>
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109 |
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110 | </sect1>
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