Have a look at /usr/bin/soundwrapper, it's really simple.
And broken for remote X
Audio on remote X connections has never worked correctly, AFAIK.
Most applications work fine (with a modified soundwrapper to take into account the LD_PRELOAD set by ltsp sound). Arts doesn't work fine (choppy sound), applications with a nas output plugin (e.g. mplayer) work the best.
Anyway you're right: remote sound is a mess and it's a pity (ltsp is an amazing way to recover otherwise useless pcs).
Still I find the autodetection made by soundwrapper too simplistic.
Bye
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