roarphone(1)

📦 version 1.0~beta12, in ubuntu jammy

💖 roarphone — the manual page but make it a group chat 💖

okay so this is roarphone(1), straight out of the System User's Manual: roarphone section, and I'm about to explain it to you like we're texting at 2am and I actually care whether you get it. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

roarphone — Roar over Network (RoN), a VoIP-like application. yes bestie, you can literally talk to people with it. over the network. in real time. iconic behavior honestly.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

roarphone [OPTIONS]...

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you give it options, it does the thing. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like — this program lets you talk in realtime with other people who are connected to a roard. that's it, that's the dream. you + your friends + a roard = talking. no cap. 💬✨

🔥 SERVER OPTIONS 🔥

  • --server SERVER — sets the server hostname. this is where you point yourself so you can actually find the roard you're gonna yap on. 🖥️
  • --jumbo-mtu MTU — sets the MTU for Jumbo Packets. big packets energy. 📦
  • --io-flush INTERVAL — flushes output every INTERVAL packets. keeping it tidy every so often, periodt.

🎀 AUDIO OPTIONS 🎀

  • --rate RATE — sets the sample rate. 🎵
  • --bits BITS — sets bits per sample. little numbers, big responsibility. 🔢
  • --chans CHANNELS — sets the number of channels. more channels = more drama (audio-wise). 🎧

🌈 AUDIO FILTER OPTIONS 🌈

  • --afi-downmix — enables input downmixing. squishing all those channels together, lowkey. 🌀
  • --afi-lowpass FREQ — enables input lowpass at FREQ (in Hz). bye bye high frequencies. 👋
  • --afi-speex-prep — enables the speex preprocessor. prep work before the main event. 💄
  • --afi-speex-denoise — enables the speex denoiser. your audio is not gonna sound like a haunted washing machine. 🧼
  • --afi-speex-agc — enables speex AGC. automatic gain control, doing the volume adjusting so you don't have to. 📈
  • --afi-speex-vad — enables speex VAD. voice activity detection — it knows when you're talking. main character detection fr. 🗣️

💜 CODEC OPTIONS 💜

  • --codec CODEC — sets the codec. this is the whole "how do we squish the audio into packets" situation. 🎛️
  • --transcode — use local transcoding. yes, locally. 💻

🍓 DRIVER OPTIONS 🍓

  • --driver DRIVER — sets the driver. 🚗 (not that kind of driver, but you knew that)
  • --device DEVICE — sets the device. pick your fave. 🎤

👑 GENERAL OPTIONS 👑

  • --antiecho AEMODE — sets the anti echo mode. so you don't hear yourself back like a cursed mirror. 🪞
  • --threshold DTXTHRES — sets the DTX threshold, disabled by default. note that, bestie — it's off unless you turn it on. 🚫
  • --help — show this help. the classic. the icon. the "help me I forgot the flags" button. ❓

🧚 META DATA OPTIONS 🧚

  • --m-rn REALNAME — sets the real name. 👤
  • --m-nick NICK — sets the nick name. this one's the personality. ✨
  • --m-email EMAIL — sets the email address. 📧
  • --m-hp HOMEPAGE — sets the homepage URL. 🌐
  • --m-thumbn THUMBNAIL — sets a URL to a thumbnail. your little profile pic moment. 🖼️
  • --m-loc LOCATION — sets the location (room number). 🚪
  • --m-org ORGANIZATION — sets the organization/company name. 🏢

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too, they're the extended universe. 📚

📜 HISTORY 📜

for history information see RoarAudio(7). the lore is documented elsewhere, bestie. 🗂️

reminder that this whole page is brought to you by RoarAudio, dated January 2010 — so yeah, she's been serving since 2010 and she's still here. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶
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