Input Plugins

Le Biniou comes with several input plugins:

• alsa: records from ALSA. This is the default plugin for GNU/Linux-based systems.
• jackaudio: JACK Audio input, mostly used by musicians.
• oscaudio: Open Sound Control input.
• oss: Open Sound System input, for other (e.g. *BSD) systems.
• pulseaudio: PulseAudio input.
• sndfile: uses libsndfile to read audio files. Use this plugin to encode your favorite tracks and make videos.
• twip: a basic FM synthetizer, use this when nothing else works.
• random: random input for desperate cases.
• NULL: no sound input at all.

The input plugin can be set from the command-line using -i or --input, or in the configuration file. If not set, ALSA will be used.