[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX and Sound

[Fabian Franz]

> Thanks Dimitar.
> 
> So, you need nxesd working to get sound.  

No! nxesd(.exe) is included in the commercial client.

> Does it use any sort of
> compression?  

No, however there is a proxy module in FreeNX SVN with compression.

>There's really no options in the nxclient - "on" and "off"
> appear to be the options.

That is because thats it.

I'll explain:

nxesd is started on client on say port 6000. (automatically via commercial client)

This port is forwarded to the remote machine.

At the remote end if an application connects to:

7000+$DISPLAYNUMBER

Say display=1000 => esd port=8000

So environment has to have:

ESPEAKER=127.0.0.1:8000

Then using any esd capable program "just" works. Sorry, but it is like that.

mplayer -ao esd test.mp3

for example.

You can see that it forwarded a new media connection in ~/.nx/C-$NXSESSIONID/session.

And on client via the corresponding: S-*/session file.

Then sound does work.

And yes it works like that for many people.

So, please for a start, start explaining where your problem really lies. :-)

> > http://www.nomachine.com/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR03D00355
> > 
> Unfortunately, that's another "click it and it will work!" help
> document.  It doesn't even mention nxesd or how it works.

That is because it is "click it and it works". Sorry, but it can't be simpler.

cu

Fabian