Applications with RoarAudio Support

There is a lot of applications that support RoarAudio using one of the compatiblity 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 nativly 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

Weblinks

• Installation und Einrichtung German very good documentation on installing and using RoarAudio.

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 Implemnted 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	No	N/I	N/I	N/I	N/I	Yes	N/I	?	N/I?	N/I	N/I	?
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

TODO: be more clear on the meaing of the colors and texts