[nas] Keeping sound files on the server (Question)

[Jon Trulson]

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Iftikhar Rathore wrote:

> How can I create a bucket. I remember it being much simple. Suppose I
> have a wav file, how do I turn it into a bucket. Is that possible to do
> without writing C code?.
>

 	No heh, you will have to use C code...

> Where do bucket files go?. Is there a place with more info that looking
> at code in examples?.
>

 	Well you load buckets into the server using a variety of means ( 
AuSoundCreateBucketFromFile() is one).  Then you... play it :)

 	The examples are the best way to go (and the man pages)... There 
is no programming guide for NAS unfortunately...

>
> On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 15:54 -0700, Jon Trulson wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Iftikhar Rathore wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> Question: How can I play sound files that are on the server, to save
>>> bandwidth.
>>>
>>> I have used nas extensively about 10 years ago, and I remember it was
>>> possible to play files that existed on the server, as far as I remember
>>> it  was a conf file entry and was very easy to configure.
>>>
>>> I do see it listed in the features, but I do not see any reference to it
>>> anywhere. I tried going through the mailing list but failed. I need that
>>> feature badly since my links are nor big enough to be able to transfer
>>> sound files on the fly. Below is the excrept from the nas website:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Key features of the Network Audio System include:
>>>
>>>      * Device-independent audio over the network
>>>      * Lots of audio file and data formats
>>>      * Can store sounds in server for rapid replay
>>>              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    HOW??
>>
>>                 These are handled via buckets (similiar to pixmaps in
>>                 X).  You create a bucket(s) with the chosen waveforms,
>>                 which are then stored server-side.  You then play the
>>                 bucket of choice.  There is some example code in the
>>                 examples dir that use buckets...
>>
>>
>>
>

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