[ale] Remote Sound

[Jim Philips]

David Corbin wrote:
> I'm aware of two solutions for "remote sound".  aRts, which appears to be 
> tightly associated with KDE, but not necessarily exclusively, and EsounD, 
> which comes from Enlightment (I think).
> 
> However, there appears to very little online information about either one.  
> What experiences do people have with these?  What about applications that 
> support them?
> 
> Here's the setup I'm looking to use it in:
> 
> Laptop (with speakers) -- using XDMCP, logs into -- desktop system, where most 
> apps run.

I know that XMMS supports arts. And I think there is general agreement 
that the audio quality of arts is superior to that of esd. What kind of 
apps--other than XMMS or its ilk--do you want to run?