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From: gbuchanan@localhost.on.sympatico.ca (Gardner Buchanan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: "Voxware" for FreeBSD v2.1.x
Date: 16 Nov 1996 23:35:31 GMT
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In article <328C9FA2.167EB0E7@jnet.vi>,
	John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi> writes:
>> 
>> >I am certain there are users out there with RealAudio; where can I get
>> >"any" suitable version of VoxWare?
>> 
>> I have installed the raplayer and have had good results.  Assuming you
>> installed the kernel sources, you already have the necessary "VoxWare"
>
>You are dead right. I have all that in there, my problem was I was running the
>NAS server "auvoxware" that prevented RealAudio from using the /dev/sndstat
>device. Killing "auvoxware" allowed RealAudio to work. Now I have to find an
>alternative to NAS as a "viewer" for wav, au, and snd files (sigh).
>

I should have mentioned that part too.  I spent a couple of hours
pissing around with AUDIOSERVER env. var. settings before finally
discovering that raplayer wanted to talk directly to the device
by doing a "strings" on the executable.  Killed the "auvoxware" server
and bingo.

It's too bad raplayer doesn't talk to the server.  If you find a nice
suite of audio tools to replace the NAS ones, post.

-gardner