roarinterconnect(1)

📦 version 1.0~beta12, in ubuntu jammy

💖 roarinterconnect(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the System User's Manual: roarinterconnect section of the manual, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little tools in the whole RoarAudio squad. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

roarinterconnect — interconnect two audio servers

like... it's literally a matchmaker for audio servers. it sets them up. it's giving wingman energy. 💅

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

roarinterconnect [OPTIONS]...

yep, that's it. options only, no positional args, we keep it clean ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: this program can interconnect two audio servers. that's the whole job. and by default it does it bi-directionally — like both servers are yapping to each other, full duplex, mutual, iconic 💞

but if you want it uni-directional instead (one-way, one server talks, the other just listens, no cap) you can absolutely do that too.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay this is the part where you actually tell it what to do. buckle up, it's a short list, we love a manageable list 🌸

  • --server SERVER — set the server hostname. this is the local one, your main character 🎀
  • --remote SERVER — set the remote server. the other one. the love interest 💖
  • --type TYPE — set the type of remote server. scroll down for the menu of types, it's a whole vibe 👇
  • --rate RATE — set the sample rate
  • --bits BITS — set bits per sample
  • --chans CHANNELS — set the number of channels
  • --codec CODEC — set the codec
  • --help — show this help. always there for you when you forget everything 🫶
  • --verbose, -v — be verbose. it will tell you things. it will tell you so many things 🗣️

👑 POSSIBLE TYPES 👑

these are the values you can hand to --type, and each one is a different flavour of connection. pick your fighter:

  • roar — RoarAudio Server
  • esd — EsounD Server
  • simple — PulseAudio simple protocol
  • oss — Open Sound System (OSS) device
  • bidir — connect bidirectional
  • filter — use the local server as a filter for the remote server
  • transmit — transmit data from the local server to the remote server
  • receive — receive data from the remote server
lowkey obsessed with the range here ngl. from a whole EsounD server to a raw OSS device to just being a filter. versatility is the moment 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these next, they're the extended universe:

💀 HISTORY 💀

for history information see RoarAudio(7). yeah they're keeping the lore over there, go check it out ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from the RoarAudio crew and it's dated January 2010 — vintage but still serving 💖 stay connected, stay bi-directional, and remember: two audio servers are always better than one 🫶✨

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