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17.TH disorder-playrtp 1
18.SH NAME
19disorder-playrtp \- play DisOrder network broadcasts
20.SH SYNOPSIS
21.B disorder\-playrtp
22.RI [ OPTIONS ]
23.RB [ \-\- ]
24.RI [[ ADDRESS ]
25.IR PORT ]
26.SH DESCRIPTION
27\fBdisorder\-playrtp\fR plays a network broadcast sent from the specified
28address.
29.PP
30If neither an address nor port are specified then the local DisOrder
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
37If an address and a port are specified then the RTP stream is assumed to be
38multicast to that group address and port.
39.PP
40Alternatively, the
41.I ADDRESS
42can start with a
43.RB ` \- ',
44in which case
45.B disorder-playrtp
46will request a dedicated unicast stream from the server. The
47.RB ` \- '
48may be followed by an optional port, or address/port pair, which will be the
49local address/port to bind to and announce to the server.
50.SH OPTIONS
51.TP
52.B \-\-api\fR, -\fB-A\fR \fIAPI\fR
53Select the playback API.
54The possibilities are, depending on platform and compilation options:
55.RS 8
56.TP
57.B pulseaudio
58PulseAudio.
59.TP
60.B alsa
61ALSA.
62Linux only.
63.TP
64.B oss
65OSS.
66.TP
67.B coreaudio
68Core Audio.
69OS X only.
70.TP
71.B command
72Pipe audio to a command.
73.RE
74.IP
75The default is the first of the possibilities above that is supported.
76.TP
77.B \-\-device \fIDEVICE\fR, \fB\-D \fIDEVICE\fR
78Specifies the audio device to use.
79See
80.B "DEVICE NAMES"
81below for more information.
82.TP
83.B \-\-command \fICOMMAND\fR, \fB-e \fICOMMAND\fR
84Instead of sending to a physical audio device, invoke \fICOMMAND\fR using the
85shell and write audio samples to its standard input.
86Currently the input will be 44100KHz 16-bit signed stereo samples.
87If \fICOMMAND\fR exits it is re-executed; any samples that had been written to
88the pipe but not processed by the previous instance will be lost.
89.IP
90.B \-\-device
91is redundant with this option, but you might want to set
92.BR \-\-pause\-mode .
93.IP
94As an example,
95.B "-e \(aqcat > dump\(aq"
96would log audio data to a file for later processing.
97You could convert it to another format with, for instance:
98.IP
99.B "sox -c2 -traw -r44100 -s -w dump dump.wav"
100.TP
101.B \-\-pause\-mode \fIMODE\fR, \fB-P \fIMODE
102Set the pause mode for \fB\-\-command\fR to either \fBsilence\fR (the default), in
103which pauses are represented by sending silent samples, or \fBsuspend\fR, in which
104writes to the subprocess are suspended, requiring it to infer a pause from flow
105control.
106.TP
107.B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-C \fIPATH
108Set the configuration file.
109The default is
110.IR pkgconfdir/config .
111.TP
112.B \-\-socket \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-s \fIPATH
113Set the control socket.
114Normally this would not be used manually.
115.TP
116.B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
117Display a usage message.
118.TP
119.B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
120Display version number.
121.SS "Buffer Control Options"
122You shouldn't need to use these options.
123Their effects are subject to change between version without warning.
124You should consult the source code for details of their effects.
125.TP
126.B \-\-min \fIFRAMES\fR, \fB\-m \fIFRAMES\fR
127Specifies the buffer low watermark in frames.
128This also acts as the target buffer occupancy.
129The default is taken from the
130.B rtp_minbuffer
131configuration parameter.
132.TP
133.B \-\-max \fIFRAMES\fR, \fB\-x \fIFRAMES\fR
134Specifies the maximum buffer size in frames.
135If there are this many frames in the buffer then reading from the
136network socket will be suspended.
137The default is twice the \fB\-\-min\fR value.
138The default is taken from the
139.B rtp_maxbuffer
140configuration parameter.
141.TP
142.B \-\-rcvbuf \fIBYTES\fR, \fB\-R \fIBYTES\fR
143Specifies socket receive buffer size.
144The default is not to change the buffer size, i.e. you get whatever the
145local operating system chooses.
146The buffer size will not be reduced below the operating system's default.
147The default is taken from the
148.B rtp_rcvbuf
149configuration parameter.
150.TP
151.B \-\-monitor\fR, \fB\-M
152Periodically report how close to the buffer low watermark the buffer is.
153If you have trouble with poor playback quality, enable this option to see if
154the buffer is emptying out (or overfilling, though there are measures to
155prevent that from happening).
156.SS "Deprecated Options"
157These options may be removed in a future version.
158Use \fB\-\-api\fR instead.
159.TP
160.B \-\-alsa\fR, \fB\-a
161Use ALSA to play sound.
162Only available on Linux.
163.TP
164.B \-\-oss\fR, \fB\-o
165Use OSS to play sound.
166Only available on Linux and FreeBSD.
167.TP
168.B \-\-core\-audio\fR, \fB\-c
169Use Core Audio to play sound.
170Only available on Macs.
171.SH "REMOTE CONTROL"
172The
173.B \-\-socket
174option is used by Disobedience to control a background
175.B disorder\-playrtp
176daemon.
177The socket will be created as a UNIX domain stream socket.
178When a connection is received a single line is read from it.
179The following commands are known:
180.TP
181.B stop
182Causes
183.B disorder\-playrtp
184to terminate.
185.TP
186.B query
187Causes the string "running" to be sent back.
188.TP
189.B getvol
190Print the left and right volume levels,
191as two decimal integers between 0 and 100,
192separated by a space.
193.TP
194.BI "setvol " left " " right
195Set the left and right volume levels to the given decimal values,
196which should be between 0 and 100;
197echo back the new values as for
198.B getvol
199above.
200.PP
201Other commands are ignored.
202After the first command the connection is closed.
203Only one connection at a time will be serviced.
204.PP
205This protocol is not guaranteed to be stable.
206.SH "DEVICE NAMES"
207.SS "Core Audio"
208On a Mac, the device name can either be the human-readable name of the desired
209output or its UID.
210To get a list of the human-readable names, visit System Preferences -> Sound;
211the Type column has the name you want.
212.PP
213For example, you might use "Built-in Output" for the built-in speaker
214or "Built-in Line Output" if you have connected external speakers.
215Remember to quote the name.
216.SH "SEE ALSO"
217.BR disobedience (1),
218.BR disorder_config (5),
219.BR disorderd (8)
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