aseqnet - ALSA sequencer connectors over network
aseqnet [remotehost]
aseqnet is an ALSA sequencer client which sends and receives event
packets over network. Suppose two hosts connected by network,
hostA as
a server and
hostB as a client. The ALSA sequencer system must be
running on both hosts. For creating the server port, run the following on
hostA:
-
- hostA% aseqnet
sequencer opened: 128:0
Then a user client 128 with port 0 was opened on hostA. (The client number may
vary.) For creating the (network-)client port, run
aseqnet with the
hostname of the server:
-
- hostB% aseqnet hostA
sequencer opened: 132:0
Now all events sent to hostA:128:0 are transferred to hostB:132:0, and vice
versa.
The ports created by
aseqnet can be connected arbitrary to other
sequencer ports via
aconnect(1). For example, to connect hostB:132:0 to
a MIDI output device 65:0:
-
- hostB% aconnect 132:0 65:0
Then events to hostA:128:0 will be delivered to hostB:65:0. The following
command plays MIDI on
hostB.
-
- hostA% pmidi -p 128:0 foo.mid
The multiple clients may exist simultaneously. If
hostC is connected as a
client to hostA, events from from hostA are sent to all connected network
clients, i.e. hostB and hostC. However, only one connection is allowed from a
client to a server.
To disconnect network, stop all clients before server by ctrl-C or sending
signal to them. The server will automatically quit.
- -p port
- Specify the TCP port number or TCP service name.
- -s addr
- Subscribe to the given address for read automatically.
- -d addr
- Subscribe to the given address for write
automatically.
- -n name
- Specify the midi name of the process.
- -v
- Verbose mode.
aconnect(1),
pmidi(1)
Takashi Iwai <
[email protected]>.