Thanks for the reply, but I found out about Fink, which contains many many libraries ported from unix, including esd and audiofile. If anyone has to port existing code from linux, this is a very valuable package.
I am trying to port a linux program to osx that uses x11 and esd to present visual and auditory stimuli (for a brain imaging experiment). Is there esd for mac or something equivalent? I searched for one without success. I tried using the quicktime library but couldn't compile the sample I...