NAS 1.8a review

NAS (Network Audio System) is a network transparent, client/server audio transport system

License: MIT/X Consortium License File size: 1429K Developer: Jon Trulson

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NAS (Network Audio System) is a network transparent, client/server audio transport system.

Network Audio System (NAS), originally developed at Network Computing Devices (NCD), includes:

Sample server implementations

VOXware/OSS (FreeBSD, Linux, SVR4.[02], UnixWare, Microsoft Windows using Cygwin)
HPUX (HPPA, HP-UX 10.x, 11.x)
Sun Sparc/Intel Solaris 2.x, AM79C30A Digital Subscriber Controller and Sparc 10 Dual
SGI Indigo (IRIX 5.x)

An application programming interface library

A variety of sample applications

Here are some key features of "NAS":
Device-independent audio over the network
Lots of audio file and data formats
Can store sounds in server for rapid replay
Extensive mixing, separating, and manipulation of audio data
Simultaneous use of audio devices by multiple applications
Use by a growing number of ISVs
Small size
Free! No obnoxious licensing terms

What's New in This Release:
This version includes much improved mixer support, large scale code ANSIfication and cleanup, GNU/kFreeBSD support, and a variety of other fixes and enhancements.