## DESCRIPTION

           Command-line control program for EsounD

## USAGE

           esdctl [options] [command]

           options: "-s", --server=host:port con
           tact esd server on host at port

           commands:

            lock                          foreign clients may not use the server
            unlock                        foreign clients may use the server
            standby, off                  suspend sound output for other programs
            resume, on                    resume sound output
            cache sample                  cache a sample in the server
            getid name                    retrieve a sample id from its name
            free name                     uncache a sample in the server
            play name                     play a cached sample once
            loop name                     make a cached sample loop
            stop name                     stop the looping sample at end
            serverinfo                    get server info from server
            allinfo                       get player and sample info from server
            panstream id left right set   panning for a stream
            pansample id left right set   default panning for a sample
                                          - left/right pan values scaled to 256.
            standbymode                   see if server's on standby, etc.

## SEE ALSO

           esd(1), esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esd
           sample(1), esd-config(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)

    2002-06-04                EsounD 0.2.29                 ESDCTL(1)