%general-entities; ]> NAS-&nas-version; Introduction to <application><acronym>NAS</acronym></application> The Network Audio System is a network transparent, client/server audio transport system. It can be described as the audio equivalent of an X server. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &nas-size; Estimated Disk space required: &nas-buildsize; Estimated build time: &nas-time; <application>NAS</application> dependencies Required X ( or ) Installation of <application><acronym>NAS</acronym></application> Install NAS by running the following commands: xmkmf && make Makefiles && make includes && make depend && make && make install install.man Command explanations xmkmf...: These commands use the standard for compiling X based applications. Configuring <acronym>NAS</acronym> Configuring <application>NAS</application> Config Files /etc/nas/nasd.conf Configuration Information Create the NAS configuration file using the following command: cp /etc/nas/nasd.conf.eg /etc/nas/nasd.conf Edit the new configuration file to suit your network and system needs. Install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/nas init script included in the package. make install-nas The init script uses a default parameter to allow access to all hosts on the network. Review the nasd man page for other available parameters if you need to modify the script. Contents The NAS package contains auconvert, auctl, audemo, audial, auedit, auinfo, aupanel, auplay, aurecord, auscope, autool, auwave, auphone, checkmail, nasd, issndfile, playbucket, soundtoh and the libaudio libraries. Description au{utilities} The au{utilities} are a collection of tools to convert, play, edit, record, and manipulate sound files. See the respective man page for each utility for a full description. checkmail checkmail plays a sound file when the user receives mail. nasd nasd is the Network Audio System server daemon. issndfile issndfile checks if a file is in a recognized audio file format. playbucket playbucket plays, or creates, the bucket corresponding to the specified file. soundtoh soundtoh converts a sound file to a C language header file.