source: multimedia/libdriv/nas.xml@ 86af98a

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<sect1 id="nas" xreflabel="NAS-&nas-version;">
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<?dbhtml filename="nas.html"?>
<title>NAS-&nas-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>NAS</acronym></application></title>

<para>The Network Audio System is a network transparent, client/server audio
transport system. It can be described as the audio equivalent of an
<application>X</application> server.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): 
<ulink url="&nas-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): 
<ulink url="&nas-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &nas-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &nas-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&nas-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: 
&nas-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

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<listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink 
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<sect3><title><application>NAS</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>)</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>NAS</acronym></application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>xmkmf &amp;&amp;
make Makefiles &amp;&amp;
make includes &amp;&amp;
make depend &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install install.man</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>xmkmf...</command>: These commands use the standard for 
compiling <application>X</application> based applications.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <acronym>NAS</acronym></title>

<sect3><title>Configuring <application>NAS</application></title>

<sect4><title>Config Files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/nas/nasd.conf</filename></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>Create the <application>NAS</application> configuration file using the
following command:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cp /etc/nas/nasd.conf.eg /etc/nas/nasd.conf</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Edit the new configuration file to suit your network and system 
needs.</para>

<para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/nas</filename> init script
included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/>
package.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make install-nas</command></userinput></screen>

<para>The init script uses a default parameter to allow access to all hosts on 
the network. Review the <command>nasd</command> man page for other available
parameters if you need to modify the script.</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>NAS</acronym></application> package contains 
<command>auconvert</command>, <command>auctl</command>, 
<command>audemo</command>, <command>audial</command>, 
<command>auedit</command>, <command>auinfo</command>, 
<command>aupanel</command>, <command>auplay</command>, 
<command>aurecord</command>, <command>auscope</command>, 
<command>autool</command>, <command>auwave</command>, 
<command>auphone</command>, <command>checkmail</command>, 
<command>nasd</command>, <command>issndfile</command>, 
<command>playbucket</command>, <command>soundtoh</command> and the
<filename class='libraryfile'>libaudio</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>au{utilities}</title>
<para>The <command>au{utilities}</command> 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.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>checkmail</title>
<para><command>checkmail</command> plays a sound file when the user receives 
mail.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>nasd</title>
<para><command>nasd</command> is the Network Audio System server daemon.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>issndfile</title>
<para><command>issndfile</command> checks if a file is in a recognized audio 
file format.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>playbucket</title>
<para><command>playbucket</command> plays, or creates, the bucket 
corresponding to the specified file.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>soundtoh</title>
<para><command>soundtoh</command> converts a sound file to a C language header 
file.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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