sndio for Debian ---------------- While sndio is not usable as an output option for most Debian packages at this time, it is useful for interoperability with OpenBSD systems over the network; OpenBSD machines can use sndiod on Debian as an output, and aucat/midicat on Debian can play audio on a remote sndiod as well. As an example, this is useful with the mpd package's "pipe" output driver: # in mpd.conf audio_output { type "pipe" name "remote sndiod" command "aucat -f snd@remote-host,0/0 -i -" format "48000:16:2" } sndio on Debian may also be useful for developers who wish to test OpenBSD audio support in their software, and of course administrators can build custom binaries that use sndio. Users of non-Linux architectures should be aware that libsndio does not currently support local audio devices on their kernels. sndio clients (including sndiod) are, however, still capable of using remote instances of sndiod for audio I/O. -- Peter Piwowarski Mon, 07 Sep 2015 19:27:30 -0400