NAME
disorder-playrtp - play DisOrder network broadcasts
SYNOPSIS
disorder-playrtp [OPTIONS] [--] [[ADDRESS] PORT]
DESCRIPTION
disorder-playrtp plays a network broadcast sent from the specified
address.
If neither an address nor port are specified then the local DisOrder
configuration is consulted to find the server and the server is asked
where the RTP stream is.
If just a port is specified then the RTP stream is assumed to be uni-
cast or broadcast to that port.
If an address and a port are specified then the RTP stream is assumed
to be multicast to that group address and port.
OPTIONS
The default sound API is the first of the ones listed below that are
available. Usually this implies ALSA under Linux and Core Audio under
OS X.
--alsa, -a
Use ALSA to play sound. Only available on Linux.
--oss, -o
Use OSS to play sound. Only available on Linux and FreeBSD.
--core-audio, -c
Use Core Audio to play sound. Only available on Macs.
--device DEVICE, -D DEVICE
Specifies the audio device to use. See DEVICE NAMES below for
more information.
--command COMMAND, -e COMMAND
Instead of sending to a physical audio device, invoke COMMAND
using the shell and write audio samples to its standard input.
Currently the input will be 44100KHz 16-bit signed stereo sam-
ples. If COMMAND exits it is re-executed; any samples that had
been written to the pipe but not processed by the previous
instance will be lost.
--device is redundant with this option, but you might want to
set --pause-mode.
As an example, -e 'cat > dump' would log audio data to a file
for later processing. You could convert it to another format
with, for instance:
sox -c2 -traw -r44100 -s -w dump dump.wav
--pause-mode MODE, -P MODE
Set the pause mode for --command to either silence (the
default), in which pauses are represented by sending silent sam-
ples, or suspend, in which writes to the subprocess are sus-
pended, requiring it to infer a pause from flow control.
--config PATH, -C PATH
Set the configuration file. The default is /etc/disorder/con-
fig.
--socket PATH, -s PATH
Set the control socket. Normally this would not be used manu-
ally.
--help, -h
Display a usage message.
--version, -V
Display version number.
Buffer Control Options
You shouldn't need to use these options. Their effects are subject to
change between version without warning. You should consult the source
code for details of their effects.
--min FRAMES, -m FRAMES
Specifies the buffer low watermark in frames. This also acts as
the target buffer occupancy.
--max FRAMES, -x FRAMES
Specifies the maximum buffer size in frames. If there are this
many frames in the buffer then reading from the network socket
will be suspended. The default is twice the --min value.
--rcvbuf BYTES, -R BYTES
Specifies socket receive buffer size. The default is not to
change the buffer size, i.e. you get whatever the local operat-
ing system chooses. The buffer size will not be reduced below
the operating system's default.
--monitor, -M
Periodically report how close to the buffer low watermark the
buffer is. If you have trouble with poor playback quality,
enable this option to see if the buffer is emptying out (or
overfilling, though there are measures to prevent that from hap-
pening).
REMOTE CONTROL
The --socket option is used by Disobedience to control a background
disorder-playrtp daemon. The socket will be created as a UNIX domain
stream socket. When a connection is received a single line is read
from it. The following commands are known:
stop Causes disorder-playrtp to terminate.
query Causes the string "running" to be sent back.
Other commands are ignored. After the first command the connection is
closed. Only one connection at a time will be serviced.
This protocol is not guaranteed to be stable.
DEVICE NAMES
Core Audio
On a Mac, the device name can either be the human-readable name of the
desired output or its UID. To get a list of the human-readable names,
visit System Preferences -> Sound; the Type column has the name you
want.
For example, you might use "Built-in Output" for the built-in speaker
or "Built-in Line Output" if you have connected external speakers.
Remember to quote the name.
SEE ALSO
disobedience(1), disorder_config(5), disorderd(8)