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16.\"
17.TH disorder-playrtp 1
18.SH NAME
19disorder-playrtp \- play DisOrder network broadcasts
20.SH SYNOPSIS
0d350ff0 21.B disorder\-playrtp
9086a105 22.RI [ OPTIONS ]
0d350ff0 23.RB [ \-\- ]
c897bb65 24.RI [[ ADDRESS ]
18e5cbdc 25.IR PORT ]
9086a105 26.SH DESCRIPTION
0d350ff0 27\fBdisorder\-playrtp\fR plays a network broadcast sent from the specified
9086a105 28address.
f2a6202f 29.PP
c897bb65 30If neither an address nor port are specified then the local DisOrder
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31configuration is consulted to find the server and the server is asked where the
32RTP stream is.
33.PP
34If just a port is specified then the RTP stream is assumed to be unicast or
35broadcast to that port.
36.PP
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37If an address and a port are specified then the RTP stream is assumed to be
38multicast to that group address and port.
9086a105 39.SH OPTIONS
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40The default sound API is the first of the ones listed below that are available.
41Usually this implies ALSA under Linux and Core Audio under OS X.
42.TP
e979b844 43.B \-\-alsa\fR, \fB\-a
b6579a61 44Use ALSA to play sound.
e979b844 45Only available on Linux.
b6579a61 46.TP
0d350ff0 47.B \-\-oss\fR, \fB\-o
b6579a61 48Use OSS to play sound.
e979b844 49Only available on Linux and FreeBSD.
b6579a61 50.TP
0d350ff0 51.B \-\-core\-audio\fR, \fB\-c
b6579a61 52Use Core Audio to play sound.
e979b844 53Only available on Macs.
9086a105 54.TP
0d350ff0 55.B \-\-device \fIDEVICE\fR, \fB\-D \fIDEVICE\fR
c0c23a60 56Specifies the audio device to use.
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57See
58.B "DEVICE NAMES"
59below for more information.
9086a105 60.TP
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61.B \-\-command \fICOMMAND\fR, \fB-e \fICOMMAND\fR
62Instead of sending to a physical audio device, invoke \fICOMMAND\fR using the
63shell and write audio samples to its standard input.
64Currently the input will be 44100KHz 16-bit signed stereo samples.
65If \fICOMMAND\fR exits it is re-executed; any samples that had been written to
66the pipe but not processed by the previous instance will be lost.
67.IP
68.B \-\-device
c4e0bd8e 69is redundant with this option, but you might want to set
287ad384 70.BR \-\-pause\-mode .
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71.IP
72As an example,
73.B "-e \(aqcat > dump\(aq"
74would log audio data to a file for later processing.
75You could convert it to another format with, for instance:
76.IP
77.B "sox -c2 -traw -r44100 -s -w dump dump.wav"
78.TP
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79.B \-\-pause\-mode \fIMODE\fR, \fB-P \fIMODE
80Set the pause mode for \fB\-\-command\fR to either \fBsilence\fR (the default), in
81which pauses are represented by sending silent samples, or \fBsuspend\fR, in which
82writes to the subprocess are suspended, requiring it to infer a pause from flow
83control.
84.TP
0d350ff0 85.B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-C \fIPATH
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86Set the configuration file.
87The default is
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88.IR pkgconfdir/config .
89.TP
0d350ff0 90.B \-\-socket \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-s \fIPATH
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91Set the control socket.
92Normally this would not be used manually.
b6579a61 93.TP
0d350ff0 94.B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
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95Display a usage message.
96.TP
0d350ff0 97.B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
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98Display version number.
99.SS "Buffer Control Options"
100You shouldn't need to use these options.
7edc7e42 101Their effects are subject to change between version without warning.
0e72bf84 102You should consult the source code for details of their effects.
f2a6202f 103.TP
0d350ff0 104.B \-\-min \fIFRAMES\fR, \fB\-m \fIFRAMES\fR
c0c23a60 105Specifies the buffer low watermark in frames.
7edc7e42 106This also acts as the target buffer occupancy.
9086a105 107.TP
0d350ff0 108.B \-\-max \fIFRAMES\fR, \fB\-x \fIFRAMES\fR
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109Specifies the maximum buffer size in frames.
110If there are this many frames in the buffer then reading from the
111network socket will be suspended.
0e72bf84 112The default is twice the \fB\-\-min\fR value.
9086a105 113.TP
0d350ff0 114.B \-\-rcvbuf \fIBYTES\fR, \fB\-R \fIBYTES\fR
c0c23a60 115Specifies socket receive buffer size.
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116The default is not to change the buffer size, i.e. you get whatever the
117local operating system chooses.
c0c23a60 118The buffer size will not be reduced below the operating system's default.
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119.TP
120.B \-\-monitor\fR, \fB\-M
121Periodically report how close to the buffer low watermark the buffer is.
122If you have trouble with poor playback quality, enable this option to see if
123the buffer is emptying out (or overfilling, though there are measures to
124prevent that from happening).
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125.SH "REMOTE CONTROL"
126The
0d350ff0 127.B \-\-socket
b6579a61 128option is used by Disobedience to control a background
0d350ff0 129.B disorder\-playrtp
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130daemon.
131The socket will be created as a UNIX domain stream socket.
132When a connection is received a single line is read from it.
133The following commands are known:
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134.TP
135.B stop
136Causes
0d350ff0 137.B disorder\-playrtp
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138to terminate.
139.TP
140.B query
141Causes the string "running" to be sent back.
142.PP
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143Other commands are ignored.
144After the first command the connection is closed.
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145Only one connection at a time will be serviced.
146.PP
147This protocol is not guaranteed to be stable.
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148.SH "DEVICE NAMES"
149.SS "Core Audio"
150On a Mac, the device name can either be the human-readable name of the desired
151output or its UID.
152To get a list of the human-readable names, visit System Preferences -> Sound;
153the Type column has the name you want.
154.PP
155For example, you might use "Built-in Output" for the built-in speaker
156or "Built-in Line Output" if you have connected external speakers.
157Remember to quote the name.
9086a105 158.SH "SEE ALSO"
b6579a61 159.BR disobedience (1),
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160.BR disorder_config (5),
161.BR disorderd (8)
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