- ARts
Infobox_Software
name = aRts
caption =
developer = Stefan Westerfeld
latest_release_version = 1.5.9
latest_release_date = release date and age|2008|02|19
status = inactive
operating_system =Unix-like
genre = Sound Server
license =GNU General Public License
website = [http://www.arts-project.org/ aRts] / [http://kde.org/ KDE]aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is most famous for previously being used in
KDE (series 2 and 3) to simulate ananalog synthesizer .A key component of aRts is the
sound server which mixes several sound streams inrealtime . Thesound server , called artsd (d for daemon), is also utilized as the standard sound server for KDE2–3. However, the sound server is not dependent on KDE and can be used in other projects. It is a direct competitor toJACK Audio Connection Kit , another real-time sound server, and an indirect competitor to theEnlightened Sound Daemon (ESD). It is now common to use ALSA's software mixing instead of artsd.The aRts platform also includes
aRts Builder — an application for building custom layouts and configurations for audio mixers, sequencers, synthesizers and other audioschema via a user-friendlygraphical user interface . aRts isfree software , distributed under the terms of theGNU General Public License .End of project
On
December 2 ,2004 aRts' creator and primary developer Stefan Westerfeld announced he was leaving the project due to a variety of fundamental development and technical issues with aRts.In KDE 4 developers choose to replace aRts with a new multimedia API known as Phonon [http://dot.kde.org/1146140474/] . Phonon will provide a common interface on top of other systems, such as
Xine , to avoid being dependent on a single multimedia framework.See also
*
Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD) – used byGNOME
*PulseAudio - Advanced Sound Server intended to be a replacement for the ESDReferences
External links
* [http://www.arts-project.org/ The aRts project website]
*wayback|http://www.arts-project.org/|The aRts project website
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