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<h1>Loadable Modules</h1>
-<p>The following loadable modules are provided with the <tt>polypaudio</tt> distribution:</p>
+<p>The following loadable modules are provided with the PulseAudio distribution:</p>
<h2>Device Drivers</h2>
<h3>module-tunnel-{sink,source}</h3>
<p>Tunnel a remote sink/source to a local "ghost"
-sink/source. Requires a running polypaudio daemon on the remote server
+sink/source. Requires a running PulseAudio daemon on the remote server
with <tt>module-native-protocol-tcp</tt> loaded. It's probably a
better idea to connect to the remote sink/source directly since some
buffer control is lost through this tunneling.</p>
<p>For an explanation of the simple command line language used by this
module see <a href="cli.html"><tt>cli.html</tt></a>.
-<p>This module doesn't accept any arguments.</p>
+<table>
+ <tr><td><tt>exit_on_eof=</tt></td><td>Accepts a binary numerical argument specifying whether the daemon shuld exit after an EOF was recieved from STDIN (default: 0)</td></tr>
+</table>
<a name="module-cli-protocol-unix"/>
<a name="module-cli-protocol-tcp"/>
<h3>module-cli-protocol-{unix,tcp}</h3>
<p>An implemenation of a simple command line based protocol for
-controlling the <tt>polypaudio</tt> daemon. If loaded, the user may
+controlling the PulseAudio daemon. If loaded, the user may
connect with tools like <tt>netcat</tt>, <tt>telnet</tt> or
<a href="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/bidilink/"><tt>bidilink</tt></a> to the listening sockets and execute commands the
same way as with <tt>module-cli</tt>.</p>
a numerical binary value. If 1 the socket is bound to the loopback
device, i.e. not publicly accessible. (defaults to 1)</td></tr>
<tr><td><tt>listen=</tt></td><td>(only for <tt>-tcp</tt>) The IP address to listen on. If specified, supersedes the value specified in <tt>loopback=</tt></td></tr>
- <tr><td><tt>socket=</tt></td><td>(only for <tt>-unix</tt>) The UNIX socket name (defaults to <tt>/tmp/polypaudio/cli</tt>)</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>socket=</tt></td><td>(only for <tt>-unix</tt>) The UNIX socket name (defaults to <tt>/tmp/pulse/cli</tt>)</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>module-simple-protocol-{unix,tcp}</h3>
<p>An implemenation of a protocol compatible with the <a
href="http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html">Enlightened Sound
Daemon</a> (ESOUND, <tt>esd</tt>). When you load this module you may
-access the <tt>polypaudio</tt> daemon with tools like <tt>esdcat</tt>,
+access the PulseAudio daemon with tools like <tt>esdcat</tt>,
<tt>esdrec</tt> or even <tt>esdctl</tt>. Many applications, such as
XMMS, include support for this protocol.</p>
<h3>module-native-protocol-{unix,tcp}</h3>
-<p>The native protocol of <tt>polypaudio</tt>.</p>
+<p>The native protocol of PulseAudio.</p>
<p>See <tt>module-cli-protocol-{unix,tcp}</tt> for more information
about the two possible suffixes of this module.</p>
<h3>module-http-protocol-tcp</h3>
<p>A proof-of-concept HTTP module, which can be used to introspect
-the current status of the polypaudio daemon using HTTP. Just load this
+the current status of the PulseAudio daemon using HTTP. Just load this
module and point your browser to <a
href="http://localhost:4714/">http://localhost:4714/</a>. This module takes the same arguments
as <tt>module-cli-protocol-tcp</tt>.</p>
<h3>module-x11-publish</h3>
-<p>Publishes the access credentials to the Polypaudio server in the
+<p>Publishes the access credentials to the PulseAudio server in the
X11 root window. The following properties are used:
-<tt>POLYP_SERVER</tt>, <tt>POYLP_SINK</tt>, <tt>POLYP_SOURCE</tt>,
-<tt>POLYP_COOKIE</tt>. This is very useful when using SSH or any other
+<tt>PULSE_SERVER</tt>, <tt>POYLP_SINK</tt>, <tt>PULSE_SOURCE</tt>,
+<tt>PULSE_COOKIE</tt>. This is very useful when using SSH or any other
remote login tool for logging into other machines and getting audio
-playback to your local speakers. The Polypaudio client libraries make
+playback to your local speakers. The PulseAudio client libraries make
use of this data automatically. Instead of using this module you may
use the tool <tt>pax11publish</tt> which may be used to access, modify
and import credential data from/to the X11 display.</p>
<table>
<tr><td><tt>config=</tt></td><td>The LIRC configuration file</td></tr>
- <tr><td><tt>appname=</tt></td><td>The application name to pass to LIRC (defaults to <tt>polypaudio</tt>)</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>appname=</tt></td><td>The application name to pass to LIRC (defaults to <tt>pulseaudio</tt>)</td></tr>
<tr><td><tt>sink=</tt></td><td>The sink to control</td></tr>
</table>
<a name="rtp"/>
<h2>RTP/SDP/SAP Transport</h2>
-<p>Polypaudio can stream audio data to an IP multicast group via the
+<p>PulseAudio can stream audio data to an IP multicast group via the
standard protocols <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_Transport_Protocol">RTP</a>,
<a
able to multicast more than a few streams at the same time over a
standard LAN.</p>
-<p>Polypaudio implements both a sender and a reciever for RTP
+<p>PulseAudio implements both a sender and a reciever for RTP
traffic. The sender announces itself via SAP/SDP on the same multicast
group as it sends the RTP data to. The reciever picks up the SAP/SDP
announcements and creates a playback stream for each
<h2>JACK Connectivity</h2>
-<p>P
olypaudio can be hooked up to a <a
+<p>P
ulseAudio can be hooked up to a <a
href="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK Audio Connection Kit</a> server which is a specialized sound server used for professional audio production on Unix/Linux. Both a
-Polypaudio sink and a source are available. For each channel a port is
+PulseAudio sink and a source are available. For each channel a port is
created in the JACK server.</p>
<h3>module-jack-sink</h3>
-<p>This module implements a Polypaudio sink that connects to JACK and registers as many output ports as requested.</p>
+<p>This module implements a PulseAudio sink that connects to JACK and registers as many output ports as requested.</p>
<table>
- <tr><td><tt>sink_name=</tt></td><td>The name for the Polypaudio sink. If ommited defaults to <tt>jack_out</tt>.</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>sink_name=</tt></td><td>The name for the PulseAudio sink. If ommited defaults to <tt>jack_out</tt>.</td></tr>
<tr><td><tt>server_name=</tt></td><td>The JACK server to connect to. If ommited defaults to the default server.</td></tr>
- <tr><td><tt>client_name=</tt></td><td>The client name to tell the JACK server. If ommited defaults to <tt>polypaudio</tt>.</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>client_name=</tt></td><td>The client name to tell the JACK server. If ommited defaults to <tt>PulseAudio</tt>.</td></tr>
<tr><td><tt>channels=</tt></td><td>Number of channels to register. If ommited defaults to the number of physical playback ports of the JACK server.</td></tr>
- <tr><td><tt>connect=</tt></td><td>Takes a boolean value. If enabled (the default) Polypaudio will try to connect its ports to the physicial playback ports of the JACK server</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>connect=</tt></td><td>Takes a boolean value. If enabled (the default) PulseAudio will try to connect its ports to the physicial playback ports of the JACK server</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>module-jack-source</h3>
-<p>This module implements a Polypaudio source that connects to JACK
+<p>This module implements a PulseAudio source that connects to JACK
and registers as many input ports as requested. Takes the same
arguments as <tt>module-jack-sink</tt>, except for <tt>sink_name</tt>
which is replaced by <tt>source_name</tt> (with a default of <tt>jack_in</tt>) for obvious reasons.</p>
<h3>module-esound-compat-spawnfd</h3>
-<p>This is a compatibility module for <tt>libesd</tt> based autospawning of polypaudio. Don't use it directly.</p>
+<p>This is a compatibility module for <tt>libesd</tt> based autospawning of PulseAudio. Don't use it directly.</p>
<h3>module-esound-compat-spawnpid</h3>
-<p>This is a compatibility module for <tt>libesd</tt> based autospawning of polypaudio. Don't use it directly.</p>
+<p>This is a compatibility module for <tt>libesd</tt> based autospawning of PulseAudio. Don't use it directly.</p>
<h3>module-match</h3>
<p>Adjust the volume of a playback stream automatically based on its name.</p>
<table>
- <tr><td><tt>table=</tt></td><td>The regular expression matching table file to use (defaults to <tt>~/.polypaudio/match.table</tt>)</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>table=</tt></td><td>The regular expression matching table file to use (defaults to <tt>~/.pulse/match.table</tt>)</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The table file should contain a regexp and volume on each line, seperated by spaces. An example:</p>
<p>Adjust the volume of a playback stream automatically based on its name.</p>
<table>
- <tr><td><tt>table=</tt></td><td>The table file to use (defaults to <tt>~/.polypaudio/volume.table</tt>)</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>table=</tt></td><td>The table file to use (defaults to <tt>~/.pulse/volume.table</tt>)</td></tr>
</table>
<p>In contrast to <tt>module-match</tt> this module needs no explicit