---
name: "muroard"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "muroard"
version: "0.1.14-8"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/muroard"
---

# muroard(1)

minimalist sound server for the RoarAudio protocol

## NAME

muroard - minimalist sound server for the RoarAudio protocol

## SYNOPSIS

muroard \[OPTIONS\]...

## DESCRIPTION

muRoarD is a sound server supporting the RoarAudio protocol. It is designed to mix the audio data of multiple applications together to send it as a single stream to the soundcard.

muRoarD is a minimalist version of such a sound server. It does only implement the very minimum part the the protocol but is very much smaller than the original roard.

## MISC OPTIONS

- **-h --help**

  Print a short help and exit.

- **--version**

  Print version information of the daemon and exit.

- **--daemon**

  Bring the server into background after init.

  On win32 this hides the console window. This only works if used within a Shortcut.

- **--autostandby**

  Start in autostandby mode.

- **--no-autostandby**

  Do not start in autostandby mode.

- **--standby**

  Start in standby mode.

- **--no-standby**

  Do not start in standby mode.

## AUDIO OPTIONS

- **-R --rate RATE**

  Set server sample rate.

- **-C --chans CHANNELS**

  Set server number of channels channels.

## DRIVER OPTIONS

- **-O --odevice DEV**

  Set output device (sound card). The possible values of this depend on the used driver.

## SOURCES OPTIONS

- **-S DEV**

  Set the file or device for the new source.

- **-sC CHANS**

  Sets the number of channels for the source. This is the same as '-sO channels=XXX' for roard.

- **-sB BITS**

  Sets the number of bits for the source. This is the same as '-sO bits=XXX' for roard.

- **-sE CODEC**

  Sets codec for the source. This is the same as '-sO codec=XXX' for roard.

- **-sD DIR**

  Sets direction of the source: in (source) or out (dump).

## NETWORK OPTIONS

- **--no-listen**

  Disable listen socket. This may be used for example to implement the server type '+fork' but is absolutely useless for normal users.

- **--client-fh FH**

  Add a client via FH. See **--no-listen**.

- **--bind ADDR**

  Set path/hostname of listen socket. This may be a /path/to/sock for UNIX Sockets or a hostname or address for TCP/IP.

  Please do not use IP Addresses directly if not needed. Use hostnames.

  On win32 there is no support for UNIX sockets. Only IP is supported.

- **--port PORT**

  Set port of listen socket. This only applys for TCP/IP sockets and is ignored for UNIX Sockets.

- **-u --unix**

  Use UNIX Domain listen socket.

  This is not supported on win32.

- **-t --tcp**

  Use TCP/IP listen socket.

- **-n --decnet**

  Use DECnet listen socket.

## SEE ALSO

[**muroarstream**(1)](/muroarstream/1.md), [**RoarAudio**(7)](/RoarAudio/7.md).

## HISTORY

The first official version of muRoarD (0.1beta0) was released on Wed Mar 03 2010 24:26 CET. For more information please see the file ChangeLog.