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aseqnet(1) General Commands Manual aseqnet(1)

aseqnet - ALSA sequencer connectors over network

aseqnet [remotehost]

aseqnet is an ALSA sequencer client which sends and receives event packets over network. Suppose two hosts connected by network, hostA as a server and hostB as a client. The ALSA sequencer system must be running on both hosts. For creating the server port, run the following on hostA:

hostA% aseqnet
sequencer opened: 128:0

Then a user client 128 with port 0 was opened on hostA. (The client number may vary.) For creating the (network-)client port, run aseqnet with the hostname of the server:

hostB% aseqnet hostA
sequencer opened: 132:0

Now all events sent to hostA:128:0 are transferred to hostB:132:0, and vice versa.

The ports created by aseqnet can be connected arbitrary to other sequencer ports via aconnect(1). For example, to connect hostB:132:0 to a MIDI output device 65:0:

hostB% aconnect 132:0 65:0

Then events to hostA:128:0 will be delivered to hostB:65:0. The following command plays MIDI on hostB.

hostA% pmidi -p 128:0 foo.mid

The multiple clients may exist simultaneously. If hostC is connected as a client to hostA, events from from hostA are sent to all connected network clients, i.e. hostB and hostC. However, only one connection is allowed from a client to a server.

To disconnect network, stop all clients before server by ctrl-C or sending signal to them. The server will automatically quit.

Specify the TCP port number or TCP service name.
Subscribe to the given address for read automatically.
Subscribe to the given address for write automatically.
Specify the midi name of the process.
Verbose mode.

aconnect(1), pmidi(1)

Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>.

January 1, 2000