[147] | 1 | .\" roard.1: |
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| 3 | .TH "ROARD" "1" "July 2008" "RoarAudio" "System Manager's Manual: roard" |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | .SH NAME |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | roard \- RoarAudio sound server |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | \fBroard\fR [OPTIONS]... |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
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| 14 | |
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[775] | 15 | \fBroard\fR is the RoarAudio central daemon. It mixes up diffrent audio streams from it's clients to send them |
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[147] | 16 | as a single stream to the soundcard. |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | .SH "GENERAL OPTIONS" |
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| 19 | \fBNOTE: This list is incomplete!\fR |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | .TP |
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| 22 | \fB--help\fR |
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| 23 | Print some help text. |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | .TP |
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[775] | 26 | \fB--daemon\fR |
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[147] | 27 | Go into background after startup. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | .TP |
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| 30 | \fB--realtime\fR |
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[1113] | 31 | Ask for higher priority. May be used multiple times. |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | .TP |
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| 34 | \fB--chroot DIR\fR |
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| 35 | Chroots to the given directory. This improves the security. This normally needs root privileg's. |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | .SH "USER AND GROUPS" |
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| 38 | .TP |
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| 39 | \fB--setgid\fR |
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| 40 | Sets GroupID to the audio group as specified via \fB-G\fR. |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | .TP |
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| 43 | \fB--setuid\fR |
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| 44 | Sets UserID to the audio user as specified via \fB-U\fR. |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | .TP |
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| 47 | \fB-G GROUP\fR |
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| 48 | Sets the group for the UNIX Domain Socket, (default: audio) |
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| 49 | You need the permittions to change the GID. |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | .TP |
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| 52 | \fB-U USER\fR |
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| 53 | Sets the user for the UNIX Domain Socket, (default: do not set) |
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| 54 | You need the permittions to change the UID (normaly only root has). |
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[147] | 56 | |
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| 57 | .SH "AUDIO OPTIONS" |
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| 58 | .TP |
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| 59 | \fB--rate RATE\fR, \fB-R RATE\fR |
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| 60 | Set server sample rate. |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | .TP |
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| 63 | \fB--bits BITS\fR, \fB-B BITS\fR |
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| 64 | Set server bits. |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | .TP |
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| 67 | \fB--chans CHANNELS\fR, \fB-C CHANNELS\fR |
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| 68 | Set server channels. |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | .SH "DRIVER OPTIONS" |
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[1113] | 71 | .TP |
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| 72 | \fB--list-driver\fR |
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| 73 | Shows a list of all available drivers. |
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[147] | 74 | |
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| 75 | .TP |
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| 76 | \fB--driver\fR, \fB-d\fR |
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[1189] | 77 | .\"Set the output driver. To get a list of all drivers use \fB--list-driver\fR. |
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| 78 | This option is obsolete. |
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| 79 | Use \fB-o\fR instead. |
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[147] | 80 | |
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| 81 | .TP |
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| 82 | \fB--device\fR, \fB-D\fR |
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[1189] | 83 | .\"Set the device for the output driver. Possible devices depends on the driver. |
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| 84 | .\"They may be a path to a device node or a hostname. |
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| 85 | .\"Use \fB--list-driver\fR to get a hint. |
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| 86 | .\"This option will obsolete soon. |
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| 87 | This option is obsolete. |
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| 88 | Use \fB-O\fR instead. |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | .TP |
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| 91 | \fB--odriver\fR, \fB-o\fR |
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| 92 | Set the output driver. To get a list of all drivers use \fB--list-driver\fR. |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | .TP |
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| 95 | \fB--odevice\fR, \fB-O\fR |
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[147] | 96 | Set the device for the output driver. Possible devices depends on the driver. |
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| 97 | They may be a path to a device node or a hostname. |
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[1113] | 98 | Use \fB--list-driver\fR to get a hint. |
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[1189] | 99 | |
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| 100 | .TP |
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| 101 | \fB-oO\fR |
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[1193] | 102 | Sets options for the new stream. See STREAM OPTIONS. |
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[1189] | 103 | |
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| 104 | .TP |
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| 105 | \fB-oN\fR |
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| 106 | Adds another output. |
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| 107 | |
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| 108 | .TP |
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| 109 | \fB-oP\fR |
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| 110 | Marks the output primary. |
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[1113] | 112 | |
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| 113 | .SH "SOURCE OPTIONS" |
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| 114 | .TP |
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| 115 | \fB--source\fR, \fB-s\fR |
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| 116 | Adds a source of the given type. |
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| 117 | |
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| 118 | .TP |
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| 119 | \fB-S\fR |
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| 120 | Sets the device or filename for the source. Type may depend on the source type. |
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| 121 | |
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| 122 | .TP |
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| 123 | \fB-sO\fR |
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| 124 | Sets options for the current source. |
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| 125 | |
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| 126 | .TP |
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| 127 | \fB-sP\fR |
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| 128 | Marks the source as primary. If the source reaches EOF roard will quit automatically. |
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[147] | 129 | |
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| 130 | .SH "NETWORK OPTIONS" |
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| 131 | .TP |
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| 132 | \fB--tcp\fR, \fB-t\fR |
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| 133 | Sets defaults for TCP/IP Socket. |
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| 134 | |
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| 135 | .TP |
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| 136 | \fB--unix\fR, \fB-u\fR |
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| 137 | Sets defaults for UNIX Domain Socket. |
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| 138 | |
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| 139 | .TP |
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[1113] | 140 | \fB--decnet\fR, \fB-n\fR |
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| 141 | Sets defaults for DECnet Socket. |
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| 143 | .TP |
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[147] | 144 | \fB--port\fR, \fB-p\fR |
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| 145 | Sets the port the server should listen on. |
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| 147 | .TP |
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| 148 | \fB--bind\fR, \fB-b\fR, \fB--sock\fR |
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| 149 | Sets the hostname or path the server should listen on. |
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| 151 | .TP |
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[1113] | 152 | \fB--no-listen\fR |
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| 153 | Do not listen for new clients (only usefull for relaing, impleys --terminate). |
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| 155 | .TP |
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| 156 | \fB--client-fh FH\fR |
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| 157 | Expects a client on the given FH. This may be useful with \fB--no-listen\fR. |
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| 159 | .TP |
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| 160 | \fB--close-fh FH\fR |
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| 161 | Close the given FH. This is not useful for endusers but used internaly. |
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[1193] | 164 | .SH "STREAM OPTIONS" |
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| 165 | .TP |
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| 166 | \fBrate\fR |
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| 167 | Sets the sample rate. |
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| 169 | .TP |
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| 170 | \fBchannels\fR |
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| 171 | Sets the number of channels. |
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| 172 | |
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| 173 | .TP |
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| 174 | \fBbits\fR |
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| 175 | Sets the number of bits per sample. |
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| 176 | |
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| 177 | .TP |
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| 178 | \fBcodec\fR |
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| 179 | Sets the codec. |
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| 180 | |
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| 181 | .TP |
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| 182 | \fBmeta\fR |
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| 183 | Sets the meta flag. |
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| 184 | |
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| 185 | .TP |
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| 186 | \fBsync\fR |
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| 187 | Sets the sync flag. |
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| 188 | |
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| 189 | .TP |
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| 190 | Example: |
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| 191 | rate=44100,bits=16,channels=2,codec=pcm,sync |
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[147] | 193 | .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" |
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| 194 | .TP |
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| 195 | \fBHOME\fR |
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| 196 | The users home directory. |
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| 197 | |
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| 198 | .TP |
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| 199 | \fBROAR_SERVER\fR |
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| 200 | The address of the listening server. This may be in form of host:port for TCP/IP connections |
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| 201 | and /path/to/sock for UNIX Domain Sockets. |
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| 202 | |
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| 203 | .TP |
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| 204 | \fBROAR_DRIVER\fR |
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| 205 | The driver to select. Same as \fB-d\fR. |
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| 206 | |
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| 207 | .TP |
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| 208 | \fBROAR_DEVICE\fR |
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| 209 | The device to select. Same as \fB-D\fR. |
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| 210 | |
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| 211 | .SH "BUGS" |
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[1113] | 212 | There are lots of bugs... |
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[147] | 213 | |
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| 214 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
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| 215 | \fBroar-config\fR(1), |
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| 216 | \fBroarcat\fR(1), |
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| 217 | \fBroarcat2sock\fR(1), |
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| 218 | \fBroarcatad\fR(1), |
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| 219 | \fBroarctl\fR(1), |
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| 220 | \fBroarfilt\fR(1), |
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| 221 | \fBroarfish\fR(1), |
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| 222 | \fBroarmon\fR(1), |
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| 223 | \fBroarsockconnect\fR(1), |
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| 224 | \fBroartypes\fR(1), |
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| 225 | \fBroarvorbis\fR(1), |
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| 226 | \fBRoarAudio\fR(7). |
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| 228 | .SH "HISTORY" |
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| 230 | For history information see \fBRoarAudio\fR(7). |
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| 231 | |
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| 232 | .\" ll |
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