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Applications with RoarAudio Support

There is a lot of applications that support RoarAudio using one of the compatibility layers. For a list of tested applications see the bottom of this page.

Applications with native support

ices2
Ogg Vorbis webstreaming source client.
Icecast
Webstreaming server which can interact natively with RoarAudio.

Applications with plugin

XMMS
Software Audio Player
Audacious
Software Audio Player
libao based (vorbistools)
Simple audio driver library
gstreamer (GNOME, Many players (beta))
Multimedia framework (a lot players and other applications use this one)
Winamp
Software Audio Player, see mailing list archive for details

Applications working with compatibility layer

Sorted by compatibility layer

OSS (libroaross)
Audacity, MPD and a lot more. (As most Operating Systems support OSS this list is really long)
EsounD (libroaresd)
XINE, Amarok, wine, mplayer, much more
EsounD (protocol emulation)
EsoundD Applications using libesd not libroaresd (in case you do not have access to make them use libroaresd)
aRts (libroararts)
KDE 2/3 Based applications
PulseAudio (libroarpulse)
Applications with PulseAudio support
YIFF (libroaryiff)
y-tools
OpenBSD sndio (libroarsndio)
A lot programs using OpenBSD's sound interface
DMX4Linux (libroaross)
Most of the DMX4Linix applications (dmxpanel, dmxdisplay)
A lot programs using OpenBSD's sound interface

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Appendix A: Tested applications

The following Table shows some test results. Most failed tests are because the application does not have a interface for the given backend. The table is a pessimistic overview: things may work now or the test was broken. Just try out your self!

N/A often means that this can not be supported because of Software design. N/I = Not Implemented by Application.

Application Native Support libao gstreamer EsounD Protocol HTTP/ICY Protocol OSS Emulation libroaresd libroarpulse libroarsndio libroararts libroaryiff other
RoarAudio PlayList Daemon (rpld) Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Icecast N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ?
ices2 Yes N/I N/I N/I Yes Not tested N/I ? N/I? N/I N/I ?
libao Yes N/A N/I Yes N/I Yes Yes Yes Yes N/I N/A ?
ogg123 N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
mpg321 N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
XMMS Yes N/I N/I Yes N/I? Yes Yes ? N/I? Yes N/I ?
Audacious Yes N/I N/I Yes ? Yes Yes No N/I? Yes N/I ?
Winamp ? N/I N/I N/I Yes N/A N/I ? N/A N/I N/A μRoar
Audacity N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes N/I? ? N/I? N/I? N/A ?
MPD No ? N/I? N/I Yes Yes N/I ? N/I? N/I? N/I ?
XINE WIP N/I N/I Yes N/I? Yes Yes ? N/I? No N/I ?
Amarok Yes N/I Not tested Yes N/I? Not tested Yes ? N/I? N/I N/I ?
wine No N/I N/I Yes N/A Not tested Yes ? N/I? N/I N/I ?
MPlayer WIP N/I? N/I? Yes N/I? Yes Yes ? N/I? N/I? N/I ?
YIFF Sound System N/A? N/A N/A N/A N/A No N/A N/A N/A? N/A Yes ?
DMX4Linux Read Only N/A N/A N/A N/A Write only N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ?
GNOME Mixer N/A N/A Yes N/I N/A Yes N/I ? ? N/I N/A ?
GNOME N/A N/A Yes Yes N/A Not tested Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A ?
KDE 2.x/3.x No N/I N/I Not tested (Yes?) N/A Not tested Not tested (Yes?) ? N/I? Some Clients N/I ?
KDE 4.x No N/A Yes(?) Yes(?) N/A Not tested Yes(?) ? N/I? Some Clients(?) N/I ?
Application Native Support libao gstreamer EsounD Protocol HTTP/ICY Protocol OSS Emulation libroaresd libroarpulse libroarsndio libroararts libroaryiff other

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