[olug] Remote sound

[Will Langford]

> You're thinking of aRts
>
> GNOME uses esd.
>
> Both should be able to pipe sound over the network, but last time I
> looked into it the cross-platform capabilities of both didn't exist.
>
> Ok, esd works with the NX remote display stuff, but that doesn't help
> the OP.

aye, aRts and esd... woo.  spank you :).

http://www.arts-project.org/doc/handbook/faq.html#id2805370

might be... somewhat relavent ?

kind of looks like both daemons have some network transparency stuff
goin on, but I'm not entirely sure if any of them are a simple 'set
sound variable to use arts/esd on host:port'.

On a side, and more frightening note -- buy a super cheap audio (or
audio/video) switch box ?  Push button non electric 4 device A/V
switches for game consoles and the like are typically around 10-15$
:).  Not elegant, but functional.