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Add man page for pseudo-audio device driver.

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.Dd November 11, 2007
.Dt PAD 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pad
.Nd Pseudo audio device driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "pseudo-device pad"
.Cd "audio* at audiobus?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a pseudo-device driver which provides support for feeding back PCM data
from a consumer of the
.Xr audio 4
API to userland.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following example streams an MP3 to an Apple AirTunes compatible device:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ rtunes - < /dev/pad0 &
$ mpg123 -a /dev/sound1 mozart.mp3
.Ed
.Sh FILES
The
.Nm
pseudo-device driver receives data from
.Pa /dev/soundN
and feeds the raw PCM output to
.Pa /dev/padN .
.Bl -item
.It
.Pa /dev/soundN
.It
.Pa /dev/padN
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr audio 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver
appeared in
.Nx 5.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Jared D. McNeill Aq jmcneill@invisible.ca