PAD(4)
Kernel Interfaces Manual
PAD(4)
NAME
pad
—
Pseudo audio device driver
SYNOPSIS
pseudo-device pad
audio* at audiobus?
DESCRIPTION
pad
is a pseudo-device driver which provides support for feeding back PCM data from a consumer of the
audio(4)
API to userland.
FILES
The
pad
pseudo-device driver receives data from
/dev/soundN
and feeds the raw PCM output to
/dev/padN
.
/dev/soundN
/dev/padN
EXAMPLES
The following example streams an MP3 to an Apple AirTunes compatible device:
$ rtunes - < /dev/pad0 & $ mpg123 -a /dev/sound1 mozart.mp3
SEE ALSO
audio(4)
HISTORY
The
pad
driver appeared in
NetBSD 5.0
.
AUTHORS
Jared D. McNeill
<jmcneill@invisible.ca>
November 11, 2007
NetBSD 5.99