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Book Description

Program audio and sound for Linux using this practical, how-to guide. You will learn how to use DSPs, sampled audio, MIDI, karaoke, streaming audio, and more. Linux Sound Programming takes you through the layers of complexity involved in programming the Linux sound system. You'll see the large variety of tools and approaches that apply to almost every aspect of sound. This ranges from audio codecs, to audio players, to audio support both within and outside of the Linux kernel.

What You'll Learn

  • Work with sampled audio

  • Handle Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

  • Gain knowledge of MIDI

  • Build a Karaoke-like application

  • Handle streaming audio

Who This Book Is For

Experienced Linux users and programmers interested in doing multimedia with Linux.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontmatter
  3. 1. Basic Concepts of Sound
  4. 2. User-Level Tools
  5. 3. Sound Codecs and File Formats
  6. 4. Overview of Linux Sound Architecture
  7. 5. ALSA
  8. 6. PulseAudio
  9. 7. Jack
  10. 8. Session Management
  11. 9. Java Sound
  12. 10. GStreamer
  13. 11. libao
  14. 12. FFmpeg/Libav
  15. 13. OpenMAX IL
  16. 14. LADSPA
  17. 15. Displaying Video with Overlays Using Gtk and FFmpeg
  18. 16. MIDI
  19. 17. User-Level Tools for MIDI
  20. 18. MIDI Java Sound
  21. 19. MIDI ALSA
  22. 20. FluidSynth
  23. 21. TiMidity
  24. 22. Overview of Karaoke Systems
  25. 23. Karaoke User-Level Tools
  26. 24. MP3+G
  27. 25. Karaoke Applications Using Java Sound
  28. 26. Subtitles and Closed Captions
  29. 27. Karaoke FluidSynth
  30. 28. TiMidity and Karaoke
  31. 29. Jack and Karaoke
  32. 30. Streaming Audio
  33. 31. Raspberry Pi
  34. 32. Conclusion
  35. Decoding the DKD Files on the Sonken Karaoke DVD
  36. Backmatter