Linux Sound Programming

• Main Author: Newmarch, Jan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2017.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer programming.; Multimedia information systems.; Computer Science.; Programming Techniques.; Open Source.; Multimedia Information Systems.

Program audio and sound for Linux using this practical, how-to guide. You will learn how to use DSPs, sampled audio, MIDI, karaoke, streaming audio, and more. Linux Sound Programming takes you through the layers of complexity involved in programming the Linux sound system. You’ll see the large varie...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Basic concepts of sound
• 2. User level tools
• 3. Sound codecs and file formats
• 4. Overview of Linux sound architecture
• 5. ALSA
• 6. PulseAudio
• 7. Jack
• 8. Session Management
• 9. Java Sound
• 10. GStreamer
• 11. libao
• 12. FFmpeg/LibAV
• 13. OpenMAX IL
• 14. LADSPA
• 15. Displaying video with overlays using Gtk and FFMpeg
• 16. MIDI
• 17. User level tools for MIDI
• 18. MIDI Java Sound
• 19. MIDI ALSA
• 20. FluidSynth
• 21. Timidity
• 22. Overview of Karaoke Systems
• 23. Karaoke user level tools
• 24. MP3+G
• 25. Karaoke Applications using Java Sound
• 26. Subtitles and Closed Captions
• 27. Karaoke FluidSynth
• 28. TiMidity and Karaoke
• 29. Jack and Karaoke
• 30. Streaming Audio
• 31. Raspberry Pi
• 32. Conclusion
• Appendix: Decoding the DKD files on the Sonken Karaoke DVD.