.TH aseqnet 1 "January 1, 2000" .SH NAME aseqnet \- ALSA sequencer connectors over network .SH SYNOPSIS .B aseqnet [remotehost] .SH DESCRIPTION .B aseqnet is an ALSA sequencer client which sends and receives event packets over network. Suppose two hosts connected by network, .I hostA as a server and .I hostB as a client. The ALSA sequencer system must be running on both hosts. For creating the server port, run the following on hostA: .IP "" 4 hostA% aseqnet .br sequencer opened: 128:0 .PP Then a user client 128 with port 0 was opened on hostA. (The client number may vary.) For creating the (network-)client port, run .B aseqnet with the hostname of the server: .IP "" 4 hostB% aseqnet hostA .br sequencer opened: 132:0 .PP Now all events sent to hostA:128:0 are transferred to hostB:132:0, and vice versa. .PP The ports created by .B aseqnet can be connected arbitrary to other sequencer ports via .B aconnect(1). For example, to connect hostB:132:0 to a MIDI output device 65:0: .IP "" 4 hostB% aconnect 132:0 65:0 .PP Then events to hostA:128:0 will be delivered to hostB:65:0. The following command plays MIDI on .I hostB. .IP "" 4 hostA% pmidi \-p 128:0 foo.mid .PP The multiple clients may exist simultaneously. If .I 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. .PP To disconnect network, stop all clients before server by ctrl-C or sending signal to them. The server will automatically quit. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-p port Specify the TCP port number or TCP service name. .TP .B \-s addr Subscribe to the given address for read automatically. .TP .B \-d addr Subscribe to the given address for write automatically. .TP .B \-n name Specify the midi name of the process. .TP .B \-v Verbose mode. .SH "SEE ALSO" aconnect(1), pmidi(1) .SH AUTHOR Takashi Iwai .