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.TH "ROARD" "1" "July 2008" "RoarAudio" "System Manager's Manual: roard"

.SH NAME

roard \- RoarAudio sound server

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBroard\fR [OPTIONS]...

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fBroard\fR is the RoarAudio central demon. It mixes up diffrent audio streams from it's clients to send them
as a single stream to the soundcard.

.SH "GENERAL OPTIONS"
\fBNOTE: This list is incomplete!\fR

.TP
\fB--help\fR
Print some help text.

.TP
\fB--demon\fR
Go into background after startup.

.TP
\fB--realtime\fR
Ask for higher priority.

.SH "AUDIO OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB--rate RATE\fR, \fB-R RATE\fR
Set server sample rate.

.TP
\fB--bits BITS\fR, \fB-B BITS\fR
Set server bits.

.TP
\fB--chans CHANNELS\fR, \fB-C CHANNELS\fR
Set server channels.

.SH "DRIVER OPTIONS"

.TP
\fB--driver\fR, \fB-d\fR
Set the output driver. To get a list of all drivers use \fB-d list\fR.

.TP
\fB--device\fR, \fB-D\fR
Set the device for the output driver. Possible devices depends on the driver.
They may be a path to a device node or a hostname.
Use \fB-d list\fR to get a hint.

.SH "NETWORK OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB--tcp\fR, \fB-t\fR
Sets defaults for TCP/IP Socket.

.TP
\fB--unix\fR, \fB-u\fR
Sets defaults for UNIX Domain Socket.

.TP
\fB--port\fR, \fB-p\fR
Sets the port the server should listen on.

.TP
\fB--bind\fR, \fB-b\fR, \fB--sock\fR
Sets the hostname or path the server should listen on.

.TP
\fB-G GROUP\fR
Sets the group the UNIX Domain Socket should be \fBchgrp\fR(1)ed if UNIX Domain Socket is used.
Default group is "audio".


.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.TP
\fBHOME\fR
The users home directory.

.TP
\fBROAR_SERVER\fR
The address of the listening server. This may be in form of host:port for TCP/IP connections
and /path/to/sock for UNIX Domain Sockets.

.TP
\fBROAR_DRIVER\fR
The driver to select. Same as \fB-d\fR.

.TP
\fBROAR_DEVICE\fR
The device to select. Same as \fB-D\fR.

.SH "BUGS"
There are a lot of bugs...

.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBroar-config\fR(1),
\fBroarcat\fR(1),
\fBroarcat2sock\fR(1),
\fBroarcatad\fR(1),
\fBroarctl\fR(1),
\fBroarfilt\fR(1),
\fBroarfish\fR(1),
\fBroarmon\fR(1),
\fBroarsockconnect\fR(1),
\fBroartypes\fR(1),
\fBroarvorbis\fR(1),
\fBRoarAudio\fR(7).

.SH "HISTORY"

For history information see \fBRoarAudio\fR(7).

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