[FreeNX-kNX] Sound: what is needed on the client?

Dimitar Paskov pascoff at nola7.com
Tue Jan 30 14:56:01 UTC 2007


You just have to specify an output plugin to be esd/esound on every client 
application which plays sound -> xmms, mplayer, amarok for example ... thats 
it :) and yes you can "tell" arts to play sounds through esd

> Fabian Franz schreef:
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>What do I need on the client?  I am using Thinstation with ESD. I can
> >>play a .wav on the client, when I copy esdplay to the client. On the
> >>server I use KDE. Is this OK, or do I need KDE sound-tools on the client?
> >
> > That is completely okay.
> >
> > You have to activate sound forwarding in the nxclient.
> >
> > Then esdplay should work on the NX server.
>
> You are right, it works!
>
> But, on the server I have ARTSD, it's a KDE environment.
> Is it possible to play ARTSD sound on client with ESD?
>
> I can also use NASD (Network Audio System Daemon) on the client, I don't
> have ARTSD on the client (it's a very minimal thinclient).
>
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.



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