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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: sound apps for the *BSD sound drivers Message-ID: <hastyCq6yv6.8Ao@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <CpzCG6.54p@rokkaku.atl.ga.us> Distribution: Distribution: Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 06:47:30 GMT Lines: 84 In article <CpzCG6.54p@rokkaku.atl.ga.us> kml@rokkaku.atl.ga.us (Kevin Lahey) writes: >Well, I've got FreeBSD-1.1 up and running (with relatively few problems) >I've built a kernel with sound support, and I've built the snd-util apps. >What's next? I can cat(1) .au file to /dev/audio, and I've successfully >recorded from and written to /dev/dsp using the snd-util srec and splay >apps. > >What other good apps are floating around out there for dealing with >audio input? I'd love to be able to record straight to MIME audio/basic >(I guess that's u-law) format so I can put useless enclosures in my >mail, and make my WWW page more gaudy... :-) > >I know that there is a audio library analogous to pbm, and I plan to get >that soon, but I'm still holding out hope that there is a slick, beautiful >X app already out there waiting for me. netaudio: freebsd.cdrom.com networked audio which also works locally and has X apps to record, play, or edit sound apps. mosaic: freebsd.cdrom.com you can listen to some of the html pages or mosaic postings the mosaic demo page has audio icons which you can click on and listen adagio: freebsd.cdrom.com midi player so you can play cool midi files. it has an X front end so you can play midi files pretty much like a jukebox. gmod: freebsd.cdrom.com amiga mod file player. No X front-end but is a cool app. vat: ee.lbl.gov:conferencing/vat Visual Audio Tool which allows you to listen to the net or carry out conversations with people. vat uses ip multicasting so you will need the latest freebsd kernel plus some mods to the sound driver that I have here. Most of the kernel kernel mods including the ip multicasting was done by Jim Miller. vat is cool and is really worth while to have. mail stuff: exmh harbor.ecn.purdue.edu:/pub/tcl/.. tcl/tk front-end to mh-6.3 so you can play those wild MIME messages. Cool X front-end to mh-6.3 metamail MIME compliant mailer and useful to complement mh6.3 mh6.3 MIME compliant no fancy X front end but it is really nice to have. safe-tcl (do archie on this one forgot where I got it) MIME and Active Mail. basically, it uses mh6.3 and tcl/tk to decode and send MIME or safe-tcl messages. safe-tcl messages can invoke just about any tcl/tk procedure so the net effect is that you can send whole programs whose "read" action is the execution of the tcl/tk program. the message can contain sound, graphics (mpeg, gif, jpeg) forgot text too :) No, this is not the entire list just what I can remember... All the mentioned apps I have used and I know that they work. My soundcards are Gravis Ultrasound ( I got a couple of systems). Enjoy, Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, netaudio, tcl/tk, MIME, midi,sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant | Home: (415) 495-3046 | e-mail hasty@netcom.com | ftp-site depository of all my work: | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X