Sound server
On the one hand, sound server refers to software that manages access to audio devices , especially sound cards . On the other hand, the term can also mean a hardware server , which tasks such as B. audio streaming takes over.
function
A sound server mostly works as a background process . It collects audio data, mixes it, and then sends this data to the audio device. This process is necessary in order to circumvent the limitations of pure driver systems such as the Open Sound System . A sound server is present on most modern Unix-like operating systems .
Examples
Often used sound servers are:
- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture includes a simple sound server
- ARtsd
- Enlightened Sound Daemon
- JACK
- PulseAudio