AudioFile
AudioFile (AF) is a device-independent network-transparent audio
server developed at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research
Laboratory. With AudioFile, multiple audio applications can run
simultaneously, sharing access to the actual audio hardware. Network
transparency means that application programs can run on machines
scattered throughout the network. Because AF permits applications to
be device-independent, applications need not be rewritten to work with
new audio hardware. AudioFile does for sound what the X Window System
does for text and graphics. Click here
for a reprint of a paper about AudioFile that appeared in the
Proceedings of the USENIX Summer Conference, June, 1993.
The AudioFile Distribution
AudioFile is distributed in source form, with a copyright allowing
unrestricted use for any purpose except sale. The AudioFile
distribution includes server support for Digital Alpha AXP systems
running OSF/1, Digital RISC systems running Ultrix, SGI Indigo systems
running IRX 4.0.5, and Sun Microsystems SPARCstations running SunOS
4.1.1 and 4.1.3. The servers support audio hardware ranging from the
built-in CODEC audio on SPARCstations and Personal DECstations to 48
KHz stereo audio using the DECaudio TURBOchannel module. Click here for the AudioFile
distribution directory on gatekeeper.dec.com.
Binary Distribution
If you don't want to compile the source distribution, we are providing
a binary distribution of AudioFile Version 3, Release 1, for Digital
Alpha AXP systems running OSF/1 1.3, Sun SPARCstations running SunOS
5.3, Sun SPARCstations running SunOS 4.1.3, and Digital DECstations
running Ultrix 4.2a. Click here for our
binary AudioFile distribution directory on tns.lcs.mit.edu.
