oss_userdev(7)

✨ oss_userdev — NAME 💅

oss_userdev — the OSS client/server audio pseudo device. yes bestie, it's a pseudo device, we're doing vibes-based audio over here 🎀

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🫶 NOTICE (read this first, fr fr)

okay so listen. this audio device is not designed to be used as-is by the users. like, at all. it requires a specially designed server application that implements the actual service — please see the OSS programming documentation for more info, iykyk 📖.

that server application will then create the audio devices that can be used to record and/or play audio. so the server does the work, the devices show up, and then we slay. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION

the oss_userdev driver is a special purpose loop back audio device that can be used when implementing OSS audio devices based on a server running in the background. it's giving behind-the-scenes main character energy, honestly ✨

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👑 OPTIONS

• userdev_visible_clientnodes=0|1 — by default (0), a common client device node (/dev/oss/oss_userdev0/client) will be created for all server instances. the clients will then get directed to the right instance based on some search criteria (for example UID). this alternative is best when using a single server application that can serve a large number of different sessions. one server, many friends, no cap 💖

if this option is set to 1 then OSS will create separate client device nodes for each instance. applications will have to open the right device nodes. this alternative is best when oss_userdev is used to create different kinds of services in one system. in this way, for example, a VoIP link can be accessed by opening a different device node than when opening some other service. pick-your-own-adventure but for device nodes 🌈

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🍓 FILES

• /etc/oss4/conf/oss_userdev.conf — the device configuration file. that's the one, bestie, that's the whole file list 🎀

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🌸 AUTHOR

4Front Technologies — icons, legends, the whole thing 💜

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and that's the tea ☕ this was oss_userdev(7) from the OSS Devices manual, dated 11 February 2015. go forth, build your server, and make those client nodes proud 🫶✨