Sound server - Definition and Overview

A Sound server is software usually running in the background on a PC or MAC to manage the use of and access to audio devices, most notably, the soundcard. The term could also apply to a server dedicated to audio streaming or a networked or stand-alone appliance for playing sounds and sound files.

Examples

ARts, JACK, Quicktime

External Links

• http://www.linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=11
• http://wolfpack.twu.net/YIFF/
• http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/polypaudio/
• http://www.agnula.org/documentation/dp_tutorials/alsa_jack_ladspa/
• http://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/sw/bergen/
• http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Sound_server
• http://scv.bu.edu/SCV/DAFFIE/sound-reference.html
• http://www.lofttech.com/soundserver/
• http://www.arts-project.org/
• http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=AlsaSharing
• http://www.theoretic.com/bin/view/LinuxArchitecture/Sound
• http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
• http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss/
• http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6720&page=2
• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-multimedia/2001-May/msg00002.html
• http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1676.edit

Example Usage of server