NAME
rplayd - rplay sound server

SYNOPSIS
rplayd [options]

DESCRIPTION
rplayd is the sound server for the rplay audio system. The server listens for requests to play, pause, continue, and stop sounds using both the RPLAY and RPTP protocols. Normally RPLAY requests are received on port 5555/udp and RPTP on 5556/tcp. (Older ports 55555/udp and 55556/tcp are also supported) Access to the server is restricted using the rplay.hosts file.

rplayd can be started during the system boot process, via inetd, or by individual users. root access may be required depending on audio device permissions.

In most causes rplayd will play sounds that are available on the local disk. However, rplayd can be sent sounds via the network and rplayd can also contact other rplayds to share sound files. The index of all the local sound files is stored in rplay.conf and remote rplayds are specified in rplay.servers. Sounds received from other rplayds will be stored in a cache directory normally located in /tmp/.rplay-cache. Cache entries are expired on an LRU basis.

Many sound file formats are supported by rplayd. These include:
    AU AIFF WAV VOC UB UL
    G.721 4-bit, G.723 3-bit, G.723 5-bit
    GSM

Other formats can be played using external helper applications which convert unknown file formats to CD quality data which can then be played by rplayd. See rplay.helpers(5)

Several sounds can be played at once and sounds can be played at any sample rate. rplayd can be configured to output many different formats using the various --audio options.

On some systems, namely Solaris and Linux, rplayd can read sounds directly from CDROM using CDDA. The special sound name cdrom: will play the entire CDROM. cdrom:3-5 will play tracks 3 through 5.

OPTIONS

FILES
~/.rplaydrc
/tmp/.rplay-cache
/usr/local/etc/rplay.conf
/usr/local/etc/rplay.helpers
/usr/local/etc/rplay.hosts
/usr/local/etc/rplay.servers

SEE ALSO
rplay.conf(5), rplay.helpers(5), rplay.hosts(5), rplay.servers(5), rplay(1), rptp(1)