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PulseAudio (formerly PolypAudio) is a cross-platform, networked sound server project licensed under the LGPL. It works under Microsoft Windows and POSIX-compliant systems like Linux. It is intended to be an improved drop-in replacement for the Enlightened Sound Daemon.
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The main PulseAudio features include:
- An extensible plugin architecture with support for loadable modules.
- Compatibility with many popular audio applications.
- Support for multiple audio sources and sinks.
- Low-latency operation and support for latency measurement.
- A zero-copy memory architecture for processor resource efficiency.
- A command-line interface with scripting capabilities.
- A sound daemon with command line reconfiguration capabilities.
- Built-in sample conversion and resampling capabilities.
- The ability to combine multiple sound cards into one.
- The ability to synchronize multiple playback streams.
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